Table 2 Sampling and shipping to our laboratory

From: Four-year bacterial monitoring in the International Space Station—Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” with culture-independent approach

 

Microbe-I

Microbe-II

Microbe-III

Sampling date (cumulative duration of Kibo operation) a

5 September 2009 (459 days)

27 February 2011 (999 days)

16 October 2012 (1,596 days)

Return to the Earth (mission)

12 September 2009 (STS-128)

9 March 2011 (STS-133)

28 October 2012 (SpaceX CRS-1)

Sample arrival (days after sampling)

25 September 2009 (20 days)

20 March 2011 (22 days)

6 November 2012 (21 days)

  1. aKibo operation was started on 4 June 2008.
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