there are also some other passengers on the shuttle, who might not receive the same media attention, sew-on patches and victory parades. Alongside the all-male crew of mission STS-134, six types of microorganism and a bobtail squid will strap in their seat-belts and head into space.
Read more in Wired UK but head for the DOE JGI homepage to find out why Cupriavidus metallidurans and Vibrio fischeri were selected for sequencing