NASA astronaut and biologist Kate Rubins has sequenced DNA in the extreme environment of space, using a miniature device called MinION. This is the first time DNA was sequenced in space.

Nasa astronaut Kate Rubins carried out the test on the International Space Station (ISS) at the weekend. She was using a compact DNA sequencing device called Minion, which was developed in the UK.

NASA astronauts successfully sequenced the DNA of microbes found aboard the International Space Station, marking the first time unknown organisms were sequenced and identified entirely in space.

Based in Singapore, he loves playing Dota 2 when he can spare the time and is also the owner-minion of two adorable cats. The last time an astronaut in training quit NASA's was in 1968.