Soon Antares rockets will carry the payload of tiny, fungus-grown biomaterials while leaving the Wallops Flight Facility from Virginia’s Eastern Shore on Saturday morning.  A composite of fungal melanin and polymers developed by  Radamés J.B. Cordero will be carried to the International Space Station to examine its ability to protect against space radiation. As NASA is gearing up to send humans back to space, scientists are working to ensure that astronauts will be able to survive and explore without any difficulties. The study will reveal in the upcoming months, and Cordero is keen to fetch experimental data from the ISS next year.