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Which descendants of the Columbia shuttle survivors were sent back into space?

After the crash of the shuttle Columbia with seven astronauts in 2003, scientists found a metal container with surviving nematodes of the species Caenorhabditis elegans among the wreckage. Some descendants of these worms were delivered in 2011 by the Space Shuttle Endeavor to the ISS and became participants in new experiments.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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