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

DNA Friday, 13 June 2025
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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