International consortium with NASA reveals hidden impact of spaceflight on gut health

"Scientists have uncovered how spaceflight profoundly alters the gut microbiome, revealing previously unknown effects on host physiology that could shape the future of long-duration space missions.

Led by University College Dublin (UCD) and McGill University, Canada, in collaboration with NASA and an international consortium, the research offers the most detailed profile to date of how space travel impacts the gut microbes we carry into space...

the collaborative nature of this project is a blueprint for how Open Science can accelerate the pace of discovery."