Researchers Successfully Biomine Vanadium Aboard the Space Station

Researchers Successfully Biomine Vanadium Aboard the Space Station

Vanadium is an element commercially added to steel to fabricate high-strength, corrosion-resistant materials. In this text, discover how scientists are able to extract vanadium from rocks using micro-organisms.

Topics

  • mining
  • space exploration
  • space travel
  • microbes in space
  • Mars
  • International Space Station (ISS)
  • Space Station Research and Technology