The unknown strain of bacteria, which exists nowhere on Earth, was found aboard China's Tiangong space station.
China has announced that it will be attempting to land humans on the Moon before the end of the decade.
Two Chinese astronauts recently conducted a secretive spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station.
The new orbital platform will be China's first permanently manned space station when it launches in 2022.
China's Tiangong-2 space station recently spent ten days 95km closer to the Earth than its usual orbit.
The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty.
China's out-of-control Tiangong-1 space lab is now expected to fall to Earth over the Easter weekend.
The out-of-control station is due to re-enter Earth's atmosphere between March 24th and April 19th.
The European Space Agency has warned that there is a chance that the station could hit a populated area.
The Chinese space agency's Tiangong 1 space laboratory will hit the ground within the next few months.
China claims that it is currently testing the 'impossible' space engine on the Tiangong 2 space station.