The Aerospace Physiology program has created opportunities for students to not only get an education on the biological effects of flight and space, but also to be trained in advanced research techniques using state-of-the-art equipment. The Space Microbiology Lab studies how “space” conditions regulate microbial physiology and gene expression using microgravity analogs and low activity radiation sources to simulate what space might feel like for bacteria that inhabit spacecraft components and humans. We have performed several experiments with Escherichia coli, Arthrospira platensis, Candida albicans, and Candida parasilopsis (isolated from a space station module and provided to the lab by NASA) using techniques such as microgravity simulation, generation of growth curves, chlorophyll extraction and measurement, and nucleic acids extraction, among others. Here we discuss how the results of these experiments, including statistically significant data on microgravity growth changes, contribute to the research objectives of the Space Microbiology Laboratory and to our plans for future careers.