Learn All About NASA’s Space Army of 60,000 Space Jellyfish
Happy Friday, everyone! Let’s just start getting weird:
[In 1991], the space shuttle Columbia launched into space a payload of 2,478 jellyfish polyps — creatures contained within flasks and bags that were filled with artificial seawater. Astronauts injected chemicals into those bags that would induce the polyps to swim freely (and, ultimately, reproduce). Over the course of the mission, the creatures proliferated: By mission’s close, there were some 60,000 jellies orbiting Earth.
By mission’s close, there were some 60,000 jellies orbiting Earth.
*faints*