You might know kombucha as a trendy coffee shop order, but the fermented sugary tea drink could have uses far beyond the terrestrial. Researchers are investigating whether kombucha cultures can survive in space and whether they could help astronauts stay healthy on long-duration space missions to the moon or Mars. The European Space Agency (ESA) is performing the research on groups of cells called biofilms which are found in kombucha and are known to be able to survive in
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