NASA officials sent over 2,000 baby jellyfish into space. Tens of thousands more came back to Earth | Discover Wildlife
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Scientists wanted to find out whether humans born in space still retained their sense of gravity. So they turned to baby jellyfish

The jellyfish were launched on the rocket STS-40, in the Space Life Science-1 (SLS-1) on June 5th 1991. The experiment was led by a researcher named Dorothy Spangenberg and lasted nine days. One of the purposes of this mission was to investigate the consequences of the body’s adaptation to microgravity and readjustment to Earth’s gravity.

  • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So while the animals still developed calcium sulphate crystals in space, the jellyfish struggled to adjust to life on Earth – suggesting that humans born in space may also act in a similar way.

    This is the important part I think… space babies will have to be raised in centripetal environments to have a normal experience on planets