In September 2007, during the European Space Agency's FOTON-M3 mission, tardigrades, also known as water-bears, were able to survive 10 days of exposure to open-space with only their natural protection [REF].
On the same mission, Nadezhda, a common Russian cockroach, was sent into space inside a sealed container, and became the first earth creature to give birth outside the Earth, giving birth to 33 young on board [REF].