Survivors in space: Do tardigrades live on the moon?. As of: March 6, 2024, 5:46 a.m By: Tanja Banner CommentsPressSplit Tardigrading are also called “tardigrade” or “water bears” because of their appearance.
They are almost indestructible. In 2019, an Israeli spacecraft crashed while attempting to land on the Moon. On board were thousands of these tiny creatures, less than a millimeter in size, in a dehydrated state.