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Dozens of glow-in-the-dark baby squid sent to the International Space Station for NASA study – ABC News

SpaceX and NASA have sent 128 tiny bobtail squid to the International Space Station as part of a shipment of supplies for the seven astronauts living in the orbiting…

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SpaceX has launched dozens of baby squid into space as part of a shipment of experiments and supplies to the International Space Station.
Key points:

  • The tiny squid are travelling in small aquarium bags onboard a SpaceX Falcon rocket
  • The hatchlings will be studied to see how space flight impacts interactions between microbes and animal hosts
  • A new set of solar panels was included in the shipment in a bid to bolster the International Space Station’s aging power grid

The 3,300-kilogram shipment which…

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