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Nasa to launch baby squid to International Space Station – Yahoo News Australia
The creatures are set to start their journey to the International Space Station on Thursday.
More than 100 baby squid and 5,000 microscopic animals are set to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.
The creatures, along with other equipment for experiments, will head to the ISS aboard Space X’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Its hoped that the experiments will be able to help scientists understand the effects of spaceflight.
The launch at 13:29 EDT (17:29 GMT) will be broadcast live by Nasa.
The 128 baby bobtail squid will be used as part of research into the effects of spaceflight…
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