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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. ....
NASA, SpaceX launch baby squid and water bears to International Space Station Doyle Rice, USA TODAY They are going for the ride of their lives. On Thursday, NASA launched more than 100 baby squid and about 5,000 microscopic animals on a mission to the International Space Station. The creatures will head to the station aboard Space X s Falcon 9 rocket, which launched at 1:29 pm ET. The 128 baby bobtail squid will be used as part of research into the effects of spaceflight on the interactions between microbes and animals, the BBC said. Microbes play a significant role in the normal development of animal tissues and in maintaining human health, NASA said. Animals, including humans, rely on our microbes to maintain a healthy digestive and immune system, said the experiment s principal investigator, Jamie Foster of the University of Florida. ....