Professor Tomomichi Fujita of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, a co-investigator of the Sonoshita Project, reported the results of an experiment on the tolerance of moss spores exposed on the exterior of the ISS, which received extensive coverage from domestic and international media, including Time, The Guardian, Scientific American, Yomiuri Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun, and Newton.

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