800 ants will be brought into space

About 800 ants will be taken to the International Space Station (ISS) in a new research mission.

Telegraph said the experiments were related to the habit of finding food for this animal.

According to experts, the purpose of making comments on ISS is to study the behavior change of ants in a zero gravity environment.

About 800 ants will be brought to ISS.(Artwork: Wikipedia)

Research program director Stefanie Countryman said that when focusing on high density, each ant will search in a small area in a circle and move randomly. Conversely, with low concentration, each ant will show its search behavior by going straight.

The ant will be taken to ISS by unmanned cargo ship Cygnus, from the flight base of the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) at Wallops, Virginia.

On ISS, scientists will also conduct experiments on the effectiveness of antibiotics on E-coli bacteria in space. The team hopes that identifying genes against antibiotics may help develop more effective drugs.

In this mission, the unmanned cargo ship Cygnus will carry 28 mini satellites, also known as Doves. Smaller than a bread box, these satellites will send more images of the earth from space at a faster rate than current satellites.