Bird with ICARUS Transmitter (IMAGE) Yale University Caption This bird is one of the eventual thousands of small animals that will be sending packets of data up to the newly installed ICARUS initiative antennae on the International Space Station via the tiny transmitter that it wears like a backpack. Credit Max Planck Institute for Ornithology Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.