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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

this one?

Sad news for the tardigrades that were on board Israel's Beresheet mission, which crash-landed on the Moon in 2019. Researchers have learnt that the microscopic animals, which can survive the vacuum of space and heavy-duty doses of radiation, wouldn't have lived through the crash.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wrong country and wrong outcome, I really nailed it. Given how hardy they are, I can't say I'm convinced they're all dead. Not that they'd actually be active without air and water