Squid launched with Spaceship

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NASA Sends Baby Squids To Space For Research

To study human health during long space missions, NASA has sent a baby Hawaiian bobtail squid to the International Space Station. Understanding what happens to squids in space can potentially help in solving health issues in astronauts. NASA's principal investigator, Jamie Foster stated this will also help us in studying the immune system behaviour and its relationships with the microbes present in space which are known to cause health issues… read-more

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 - 08:49 PM / by Sohini Mandal

Tags: NASA, International Space Station, astronauts, squid

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