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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. ....