SpaceX sends ants, avocados and robotic arm to space station

Tthe launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on a resupply mission for Nasa to the International Space Station from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Centre, seen from Merritt Island, Florida (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP)

A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is rocketing towards the International Space Station.

The delivery, due to arrive on Monday, is the company’s 23rd for Nasa in just under a decade.