NASA Artemis missions face potential risk from microbial survival on the Moon
NASA's Artemis missions face a reported risk that Earth microbes could survive on the Moon. The headline does not specify the scale or operational consequences.
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Microbial survival could complicate planetary-protection measures and future lunar exploration.
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