Later, in January 2009, live samples of C. elegans from the University of Nottingham were announced to be spending two weeks on the International Space Station that October, in a space research project to explore the effects of zero gravity on muscle development and physiology.
Despois, en 2009, enviáronse mostas de especimes vivos de C. elegans da Universidade de Nottingham á Estación Espacial Internacional, onde pasaron dúas semanas, nun proxecto para explorar os efectos da gravidade cero no desenvolvemento muscular e a fisioloxía.