EcAMSat
NASA's first 6U CubeSat studied E. coli antibiotic resistance in microgravity.
EcAMSat, NASA's first 6U CubeSat, studied how microgravity alters E. coli's antibiotic resistance. It launched on an Antares rocket on 12 November 2017 and was deployed from the ISS on 20 November 2017.
Quick Facts
- Mission type
- Biological research
- Operator
- Santa Clara University
- Mission duration
- 25 days; 152.5 hr Main Experiment
- Spacecraft bus
- NASA NanoSat 1.0 Bus
- Manufacturer
- NASA
- Launch mass
- 10.7 kg / 23.6 lb
- Launch rocket
- Antares 230
- Launch site
- MARS LP-0A
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