A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely orbiting Earth. In 1947, fruit flies were loaded onto a captured German V-2 rocket in New Mexico as scientists began testing what happened to life above the atmosphere.

In 2015, fruit flies were sent to International Space Station to study how microgravity and the space environment affect the innate immune system. NASAs Fruit Fly Lab-01 tested…

A tiny insect became one of the earliest living passengers sent towards space, long before astronauts were routinely orbiting Earth. In 1947, fruit flies were loaded onto a…