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Tardigrade
Tardigrades (water bears, phylum Tardigrada) are microscopic eight-legged animals famous for cryptobiosis, surviving radiation, vacuum, and spaceflight; studied via NASA's Cell Science-04 and the Dsup gene.
Tardigrades in space
Tardigrades in space: water bears (Richtersius coronifer, Milnesium tardigradum) surviving open-space vacuum, UV, and cosmic radiation, from the 2007 TARDIS FOTON-M3 experiment to ISS studies like Cell Science-04.