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Jun 2, 2021

Why is NASA sending 2,000 water bears and 128 squid to space?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space travel

Spoiler alert: some aren’t making it back alive.


The 22nd SpaceX cargo resupply mission will carry 5000 tardigrades and 128 symbiotic squid to the ISS to study the effect of space travel on the human body.

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