Bacteria suspected of coming from the alien on the body of the ISS station

A Russian astronaut said samples could come from somewhere else in the universe.

Living bacteria are found on the surface and they can be of alien origin, according to Russian astronaut Anton Shkaplerov. The bacteria will be brought to Earth for further research after preliminary screening on the station proves they are harmless to humans, RT reported yesterday.

International Space Station on Earth orbit.(Photo: Reuters).

Shkaplerov, the flight engineer, will make his third flight to the ISS in December with the Expedition crew 54. Shkaplerov said the scientists found the bacteria alive when taking samples on the station surface.

"Bacteria do not exist there during the ISS module launch but then they are found on cotton sticks. Therefore, they can fly from elsewhere in the universe and remain on the outer surface. Shkaplerov said.

Some of the Earth also survived in the vacuum environment and the temperature difference from -150 degrees Celsius to 150 degrees C. These bacteria accidentally invaded the atmospheric space in the "Test" experiments. "Biorisk" . Astronauts conduct experiments to place special pads on the body of the station and leave it outside for several years to find out how the material is affected by cosmic conditions.

Traces of bacteria originating from Madagascar and the Barrents marine plankton were found in a "Test" experiment in May. According to scientists' explanation, they flew into space due to the phenomenon. lift in the ionosphere lift phenomenon , in which matter from the surface of the Earth rises to a higher atmosphere. After this discovery, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos and other scientists proposed to raise the boundary of the biosphere to a height of 400km from the current level of 20km.