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Microscopic Superheroes to Help Protect Astronaut Health in Space
Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center

by Abby Tabor
NASA’s Ames Research Center

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. — It’s a classic superhero tale: Inconspicuous, underestimated, our hero is revealed to have powers beyond imagination! The hottest and coldest environments on Earth, decades without water, the powerful radiation of space – none of it is any match for…the tardigrade!

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  • Parabolic Arc
  • June 5, 2021