The worm survived the Columbia ship disaster

Death trip of Columbia.( Photo: Pravda )

Researchers have found experimental worms placed on space shuttle Columbia that survived the ship explosion. They symbolize " unbelievable survival at the edge of death, " a team of NASA experts announced.

Space shuttle Columbia shattered while going back into the atmosphere on February 1, 2003. All crew are dying. The ship's fragments spread across a wide range of states.

" Two years after the disaster, some monographs and scientific papers have written about these worms - like Caenorhabditis elegans - and a thesis is being done on the same topic, " Sagdeyev Academy said. .

5 sealed boxes were found among the chips. When opening the box, the researchers found that they were still alive and were crawling in 4 containers. It is possible to call these worms a space veteran.

" This result is quite amazing ," Sagdeyev said. " Enduring extreme conditions, these worms still survive not only in a weak gravitational state, but also under the influence of extreme gravitational forces that exceed the standard several thousand times. Fragments The ship fell to the ground from a terrible height, they collided with other pieces before smashing to the ground, and the tanks of these worms were burned badly during the ship's self-destruction. Researchers believe they are not prepared to withstand such conditions, but most of them are still alive, "Sagdeyev said.

" This is the first evidence that a life form can exist under conditions similar to that when a meteorite crosses the atmosphere, " said Dr. Catherine Conley, a team leader. She also suggested that in a similar way, " spacecraft from the earth may accidentally release biological matter to other celestial bodies ."

" Contrary to popular opinion, the origin of a living organism can be much broader ," said Dr. Boris Pavlov, a senior expert at the Institute of Medical and Biological Studies.