Tardigrades

 "TARDIGRADES"

Microscopic Earthlings known as Tardigrades, likely survived a crash 

landing on the Moon surface by Israel's Beresheet probe in April, 2019.

 Tardigrades are found in terrestrial, marine, and freshwater environment from the arctic to Antarctic, including great depths and altitudes.

• They can withstand extreme radiation, sizzling heat, the coldest 

temperatures of the universe, and decades without food.

• Also known as water bears or moss piglets, they are capable of surviving temperatures

 as high as 150° Celsius and as low as minus 

272° Celsius albeit for a few minutes.

• The grub-like, eight-legged animals can come back from being dried out of a lifeless

husk for decades, withstand near zero pressure in outer space and the crushing depths of the Mariana Trench.

• They are microscopic, multicellular, and one of the most durable forms of life on planet Earth.

• Beresheet probe is a private mission to the Moon by Israeli non-profit spaceIL organisation. It was successfully launched in February 2019, On board of Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA) and 

arrived in lunar orbit in April 2019.