{
  "id": 16002542,
  "title": "In 2021, NASA sent microscopic tardigrades into orbit to examine their responses to spaceflight across generations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/in-2021-nasa-sent-microscopic-tardigrades-into-orbit-to-examine-their",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-22T04:52:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/in-2021-nasa-sent-microscopic-tardigrades-into-orbit-to-examine-their-responses-to-spaceflight-across-generations-101792572055694.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NASA’s Cell Science-04 experiment sent tardigrades to the space station to investigate the genes behind their survival in stressful space conditions.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}