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Spinoff story
From Space to Your Face
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
A bacterium so resilient it survived NASA’s efforts to sanitize Mars-bound spacecraft is now the basis for a skincare ingredient that boosts SPF in sunscreen and provides antiaging properties in face cream. Delavie Sciences LLC of Worcester, Massachusetts, developed the ingredient after licensing the bacterium from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where it was found in a clean room.