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NASA studies tardigrades across generations in space

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 22 October 2026, 04:52 UTC ·9 sec listen

NASA sent tiny tardigrades to the space station in 2021 to study how they cope with stressful conditions. Researchers are examining genes linked to survival and how spaceflight may affect the creatures across generations in orbit.

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