Ravenlocke
21st August 2025, 00:22
75 mice, fruit flies, and fungi will fly into space aboard the "Bion-M" satellite.
On August 20, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket is planned for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite. The spacecraft will be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 370–380 km, where it will remain for approximately one month.
On board are 75 mice, fruit flies, plants, seeds, fungi, microorganisms, and cell cultures. The experiment is aimed at studying the effects of weightlessness and cosmic radiation on living organisms.
According to Roscosmos, the radiation level in the satellite's orbit will be about 30% higher than on the ISS orbit. The results of the experiment will be summarized in a few months.
https://x.com/sotanews/status/1958103890605277540
1958103890605277540
From Sputnik,
🚀 Russia launches Bion-M No.2 spacecraft with 75 mice & 1,500 flies – Sputnik correspondent
The mission will study how organisms endure high-latitude orbit, where radiation is 30% higher than on the ISS, to improve protection for future crewed spaceflights.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1958300766395150343
1958300766395150343
From RT,
Soyuz-2.1b ROARS into orbit from Baikonur
With Russia’s Bion-M biosatellite: carrying 75 MICE, fruit flies and seeds
For 30-day spaceflight effects study
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1958221633107214647
1958221633107214647
On August 20, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket is planned for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with the Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite. The spacecraft will be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of about 370–380 km, where it will remain for approximately one month.
On board are 75 mice, fruit flies, plants, seeds, fungi, microorganisms, and cell cultures. The experiment is aimed at studying the effects of weightlessness and cosmic radiation on living organisms.
According to Roscosmos, the radiation level in the satellite's orbit will be about 30% higher than on the ISS orbit. The results of the experiment will be summarized in a few months.
https://x.com/sotanews/status/1958103890605277540
1958103890605277540
From Sputnik,
🚀 Russia launches Bion-M No.2 spacecraft with 75 mice & 1,500 flies – Sputnik correspondent
The mission will study how organisms endure high-latitude orbit, where radiation is 30% higher than on the ISS, to improve protection for future crewed spaceflights.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1958300766395150343
1958300766395150343
From RT,
Soyuz-2.1b ROARS into orbit from Baikonur
With Russia’s Bion-M biosatellite: carrying 75 MICE, fruit flies and seeds
For 30-day spaceflight effects study
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1958221633107214647
1958221633107214647