Terran life forms trapped beyond the stars is exactly what we need right now, and NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission will contain living samples that will be launched into deep space.
The hope is that the experiment will show the effects of deep space on Terran life forms.
The BioSentinel project is the first of its kind, according to a NASA statement.
As part of the BioSentinel experiment, hundreds of yeast strains will be carried aboard a briefcase-sized satellite.
We knew about the BioSentinel experiment, which is studying yeast cells aboard the International Space Station and on Earth, when NASA announced that it would be carrying yeast cells out into the great beyond.
The yeast cells in the Artemis 1 mission will be joining other travelers such as three test mannequins, a Snoopy dog toy, and an Amazon unit that will be included on the SLS' Orion capsule.
The fact that the BioSentinel yeast will embark on the longest known trip that anything alive has ever taken into space is significant, and could be important for understanding how deep space affects living organisms before humans start making longer and longer trips out into the stars ourselves.
Hopefully the yeast don't change into something scary.
Big science can be found in small packages.
Space does something bad to astronauts' bones.
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