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A cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, scheduled for Thursday, will see astronauts enjoy apples, avocado, and other fresh food—not including the 128.
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This kind of uncrewed cargo mission typically heads to the space station every couple months to drop off food and supplies for the astronauts on board. The missions also deliver materials for
science experiments. SpaceX has been conducing these resupply voyages since 2012 - this was the company s 22nd such launch. The Dragon capsule is expected to dock to the ISS at 5 a.m. on Saturday.
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Tardigrades are ripe for study in space because they are among the hardiest critters in the animal kingdom. The tiny creatures - they re less than one-tenth of a inch long - have been launched off the planet three times before, and have shown that they can even reproduce in the vacuum of space. Other research has found that tardigrades can survive in an Antarctic lake nearly a mile underground, and that they can return to normal functioning after being frozen for three decades.
NASA is going to take squid into space in a mission that may remind you of the hit HBO series Watchmen. The space agency has decided to send 5,000 tardigrades or water bears, and 128 baby glow-in-the-dark bobtail squid to the International Space Station (ISS) this month to conduct research.