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When SpaceX makes its 22nd resupply mission to the International Space Station on Thursday, it will be carrying two very special guest species: water bears and bobtail squid. The animals are being launched into the cosmos in the name of science, as NASA researchers attempt to learn more about how the conditions of spaceflight can affect biological organisms and, by extension, future astronauts. Water bears: basically indestructible Tardigrades are microscopic organisms better known as water bears because of their shape and the fact that they commonly live in the water. (They have also been called, endearingly, moss piglets. ) Water bears can survive in conditions that would prove fatal for most other animals, such as exposure to extreme temperatures, pressure, and radiation. The fact that they are basically indestructible, according to NASA, makes them the perfect test subjects for an experiment about the effects of spaceflight on biological survival. ....
SpaceX launches glow-in-the-dark baby squid to the ISS On Location: June 3, 2021 Replay Video UP NEXT SpaceX is launched glow-in-the-dark baby squid and tiny water bear organisms to the International Space Station on Thursday as part of a cargo resupply mission to support NASA s celestial research. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, carrying some 7,300 pounds of cargo and scientific experiments, occurred at 1:29 p.m. ET from Florida s Kennedy Space Center.MORE: NASA s Mars helicopter safe after navigation glitch leads it on a stressful joyride Immature bobtail squid (also known by their scientific name Euprymna scolopes) are aboard the mission as part of a NASA experiment dubbed UMAMI, which is short for Understanding of Microgravity on Animal-Microbe Interactions. The experiment examines the effects of spaceflight on molecular and chemical interactions between beneficial microbes and their animal hosts. ....