RICHLAND, Wash.-A tiny piece of rural Washington state-and some of its "inhabitants"-are scheduled to blast off into space from Kennedy Space Center in Florida later today (Thursday, July 14).
The inhabitants are bacteria that live in the soil in Prosser, Wash. Scientists will study what the bacteria do in a microgravity environment to learn more about how soil microbial communities function in space. That's information scientists need to grow food either in space or on another celestial body.
The launch, scheduled for 5:44 p.m. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), can be viewed at https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
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