{"id":570247,"date":"2023-11-21T19:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T00:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=570247"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T22:28:10","slug":"microbial-tracking-2","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/space-biosciences\/microbial-tracking-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial Tracking-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/space-biosciences\/space-biosciences-contacts\/\">Contacts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"basic-nav-section-one\"><span>More<\/span><svg class=\"hds-desktop-submenu-toggle-icon display-none tablet:display-none desktop:display-block\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><svg class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon display-block tablet:display-block desktop:display-none\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7.5\" fill=\"#0B3D91\" stroke=\"white\"\/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.6001\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" fill=\"white\"\/><rect class=\"hds-mobile-submenu-toggle-icon-line-vertical\" x=\"7.59998\" y=\"12\" width=\"8\" height=\"0.8\" transform=\"rotate(-90 7.59998 12)\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg><\/button><ul id=\"basic-nav-section-one\" class=\"usa-nav__submenu\" hidden><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/science\/\">Ames Science Directorate<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__submenu-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\">Ames Research Center<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microbial Tracking-2 (SpaceX-11)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International Space Station\u2014Microbial Observatory of Pathogenic Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungi (ISS-MOP) Project<\/h3>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2patch.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"446\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2patch.jpg?w=446\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"MT2 patch\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2patch.jpg 446w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2patch.jpg?resize=300,267 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2patch.jpg?resize=400,356 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Microbial Tracking-2 mission patch.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Microbial Tracking-2 is a Space Biology investigation cataloging and characterizing potential disease-causing microorganisms aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/main\/index.html\">International Space Station<\/a> (ISS).  Crew samples from pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight timepoints and environmental samples from ISS surface and air locations are being collected over multiple increments in order to generate a microbial inventory and identify spatial and temporal patterns in microbial diversity. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"MT-2 hardware positioned in the Node 2 module of the International Space Station to collect a sample of the microbes and viruses\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg 4928w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mt2.issphoto1_copy.jpg?resize=2000,1331 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The air sampling unit aboard the ISS.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This study uses a combination of traditional culture-based methods and newer, more comprehensive molecular analyses to identify microbes and viruses on the ISS and crew and to measure their disease-causing potential. Using a combination of methods allows for a more comprehensive analysis of the diversity and the disease-causing potential of pathogens aboard the ISS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Findings from the Microbial Tracking-2 study will provide NASA with tools to estimate risks to crew health and spacecraft performance stemming from microbial growth onboard a crewed space vehicle. Understanding these risks will be especially important for planning long-duration crewed missions, for which pathogenic microbes could lead to mission-ending scenarios. Data from this investigation will be made available to the scientific community through an open-access database developed by NASA called <a href=\"https:\/\/genelab.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">GeneLab<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sampling began in 2016 with pre-flight sampling from the first participating crew member and is continuing now with the fourth participating crew member. Each crew member who participates contributes samples of their own microbiome twice before launching to the ISS, three times while on-orbit, and three times after returning to Earth. They are also responsible for the environmental sampling portion of this study; each participating crew member collects air and surfact samples from the ISS once during their stay on the Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project manager<\/strong>: Elizabeth Pane, NASA Ames Research Center<br>\n<strong>Mission scientist<\/strong>: Fathi Karouia, Ph.D., FILMSS, NASA Ames Research Center<br>\n<strong>Principal investigator<\/strong>: Crystal Jaing, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory<br>\n<strong>Co-investigator<\/strong>: Satish Mehta, Ph.D., Wyle Laboratories, Inc., NASA Johnson Space Center<br>\n<strong>Co-investigator<\/strong>: Duane L. Pierson, Ph.D., NASA Johnson Space Center<br>\n<strong>Co-investigator<\/strong>: David Smith, Ph.D., NASA Ames Research Center<br>\n<strong>Co-investigator<\/strong>: Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Ph.D., NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More Information<\/strong>:<br>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/research\/space-biosciences\/microbial-tracking-1-spacex-5-0\">Microbial Tracking-1 mission webpage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/ames\/space-biosciences\/whats-growing-on-the-space-stations-walls\/\">What\u2019s Growing on the Space Station\u2019s Walls? 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