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Student designed a system that generates electricity from bacteria.

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Chosen by the United States' space agency for testing.

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Potential use on missions to the planet Mars.

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Demonstrates clean energy using living organisms.

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Summary

The United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration selected it for a future Mars mission.

The experiment could provide clean power for robots on other planets.

It shows how science can use tiny living things to solve big problems.

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New Words to Learn

6 words
bacteria
tiny living organisms that are invisible without a microscope
electricity
the flow of tiny particles that gives power to devices
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
the United States organization that explores space
Mars
the red planet that orbits the Sun after Earth
mission
a special trip or project, often to explore space
Madurai
a city in the southern part of India
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