Thomas Boothby, University of WyomingIn humanity’s grand tradition of sending stuff to space and seeing what happens, NASA will launch tardigrades (aka water bears) and baby bobtail squid into space to study them. The effects could impact future astronaut space survival. The plan is to put 5,000 tardigrades and 128 glow-in-the-dark baby squid on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, which is scheduled to launch on June 3 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. They will then be loaded onto the International Space Station (ISS) to be stud… Click below to read the full story from How To Geek
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Tardigrades and Baby Squid Are Being Launched Into Space for Science
