August 21, 2014 — Sea plankton has been discovered living on the outside of the International Space Station, Russian cosmonauts have claimed.
Scientists on board the ISS are reported to have discovered living organisms when taking samples from windows.
Head of the Russian ISS orbital mission Vladimir Solovyev said the results of the experiment “are absolutely unique”.
Solovyev told the Russian Itar-Tass news agency that the tiny marine life-forms were not native to the launch site in Kazakhstan.
“Plankton in these stages of development could be found on the surface of the oceans,” he said.
“This is not typical for Baikonur [in Kazakhstan]. It means that there are some uplifting air currents which reach the station and settle on its surface.”
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