Water bears and glow-in-the-dark squid are about to blast into space where they'll become research subjects on the International Space Station. Skip to main content Menu ...

The rocket launched Thursday afternoon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida — without any humans aboard the Dragon cargo capsule. It marks SpaceX's 22nd commercial resupply mission to space.

Water bears, along with several ... The mission will be a cargo resupply involving SpaceX, which will launch the critters in a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, as reported by ...

The rocket, leased by Nasa, launched from Florida at 1.29pm local time. The Dragon capsule detached from the Falcon 9 rocket about 12 minutes after take-off and is expected to dock at the ISS on ...

The creatures will head to the station aboard Space X's Falcon 9 rocket, which launched at 1:29 pm ET. ... The 5,000 microscopic animals are tardigrades, also known as water bears, ...

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched water bears, ... The 22nd commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station lifted of at 1:29 p.m. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the Dragon ...

SpaceX's 22nd cargo resupply mission, slated to launch no earlier than June 3, will see several unique science experiments -- involving water bears, baby squids and kidney stones -- ferried to the ...