Video Bioreactor turns carbon dioxide into oxygen for astronauts Daily Mail Online

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Bioreactor that uses algae to turn carbon dioxide from the breath of astronauts into oxygen and FOOD reaches the ISS for trials
Chlorella vulgaris reached the ISS this week and will convert CO2 to oxygen
Carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts will also be turned into edible biomass
Up to 30 per cent of the required food on a mission could be removed and replaced with the high-protein algal biomass