• DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.048
Corpus ID: 8566993

Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit

@article{Jnsson2008TardigradesSE,
  title={Tardigrades survive exposure to space in low Earth orbit},
  author={K. J{\"o}nsson and E. Rabbow and R. O. Schill and M. Harms-Ringdahl and P. Rettberg},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={18},
  pages={R729-R731}
}

K. Jönsson, E. Rabbow, +2 authors P. Rettberg

Published 2008

Biology, Medicine

Current Biology

Summary Vacuum (imposing extreme dehydration) and solar/galactic cosmic radiation prevent survival of most organisms in space [1]. Only anhydrobiotic organisms, which have evolved adaptations to survive more or less complete desiccation, have a potential to survive space vacuum, and few organisms can stand the unfiltered solar radiation in space. Tardigrades, commonly known as water-bears, are among the most desiccation and radiation-tolerant animals and have been shown to survive extreme… CONTINUE READING

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