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Axiom 4 mission: What are tardigrades and why Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla is carrying them with him to space?

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The Voyager Targdigrades mission aims to explore how these microscopic creatures survive, reproduce and repair themselves in the harsh environment of space.
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