Reinventing the fight against bacteria, one phage at a time.

Bacteriophage and bacteria strains blast off to space with NASA-SpaceX Crew 11 mission The NASA-SpaceX Crew 11 will study the effects of microgravity on disease-causing bacteria and bacteria-killing viruses. Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, Jaxa astronaut Kimiya Yui, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, and NASA astronaut Zena Cardman depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida .( Getty Images via AFP) SpaceX has just launched its Crew-11 mission into space, and along with it, a 'secret' member: disease-causing bacteria. Or, at least, such bacteria will be growing aboard the ISS very soon. The crew will study the effects of microgravity on bacteria-killing viruses. According to Space.com, the bacterial strains involved in the study are E. coli, Salmonella bongori, and Salmonella typhimurium. They will be studied by NASA's Crew-11 mission, which successfull...