The space agency ROSCOSMOS of Russia carried out an experiment of 30 days in the orbit Terrestrial with biological satellite Bion-m 2whose objective was to analyze how different agencies survive the Spatial radiation. The launch was made August 20 From the cosmodrome of Baikonurand the ship remained in a Polar orbit Until his return.
According to him Biomedical Problem Institute (IBP)responsible for the investigation, “the entire crew felt good,” said the agency Tass
A crew of mice, plants and microorganisms
In the satellite, of 6.4 tonsthey traveled 75 male micearound 1500 fruit fliescellular crops, plants, cereals, legumes and various industrial crops. They were also sent fungi, lichens and seeds from previous missions (Bion-M 1 in 2013 and Photon-m 4 in 2014).
Rodents were distributed in 25 boxes with three specimens eachand had implanted sensors to measure parameters such as Body temperature and the heart rate.
In parallel, the crew on Earth was doubled: 75 mice remained in a bioterio and another 75 on a support that reproduced the satellite conditions.
Russia experiments with radiation and food
He Chief of the IBP Animal Animal Laboratory, Alexander Andreyev-AndrievskyHe explained that the feeding of rodents was automatic. Of the 75 copies, 15 received dry food for a study on water-salm metabolism, while 60 remaining were fed with paste.
Within this group, 9 mice were identified as highly vulnerable to radiationothers 9 showed great resistance thanks to pharmacococcionand the 42 remaining reacted in a standard way.
Outside the ship, a Meteorite simulator With living cells to analyze how life could survive inside a rocky body when crossing the earth’s atmosphere.
Researchers expect the Main data analysis It is completed in a year, although the study of Video recordings (12 terabytes) I would sue more than two years. To accelerate the process, it is planned to apply tools Artificial intelligence.
The series Bion as its main purpose is the study of the effects of the radiation and ungravation In living beings. The first satellite of this type, Cosmos-605it was launched in 1973. Since then, in different Russian space missions, mice, Mongolian Jerbos, Gecos, snails, plants and colonies of microorganisms traveled.
Source: Ambito
