<ul><li>NASA's BioNutrients series of experiments is testing ways to use microorganisms to make nutrients needed for human health during future long-duration deep space exploration missions.</li><li>The BioNutrients project uses a biomanufacturing approach similar to making familiar fermented foods to produce nutrients that can be consumed by astronauts in space.</li><li>The first experiment, BioNutrients-1, assessed the stability and performance of a production pack that uses engineered yeast to manufacture fresh vitamins on-demand and in space.</li><li>The study, which includes an extended BioNutrients-2 experiment and upcoming BioNutrients-3 experiment, aims to understand the shelf stability of the packets and the amount of yeast growth and nutrient production.</li></ul>

NASA Continues BioNutrients Space-Fermented Food Research

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