
Copernical Team
Marking 25 Years since Deep Space 1 kickstarted Ion propulsion

Adtran Rolls Out Dual-Source Timing Solutions for GNSS Security

NASA-ISRO radar mission to provide dynamic view of forests, wetlands

South Korea's KERI Develops Pioneering Thermoelectric Technology for Space Probes

Rogue wins AFWERX contract for innovative space inspection technology

Boeing pencils in anytime after April 1st for next Crew Flight Test

Mouse embryos grown in space for first time: Japan researchers

Mouse embryos have been grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said.
The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, professor of University of Yamanashi's Advanced Biotechnology Centre, and a team from the Japan Aerospace Space Agency (JAXA), sent frozen mouse embryos on board a rocket to the ISS in August 2021.
Astronauts thawed the early-stage embryos using a special device designed for this purpose and grew them on the station for four days.
"The embryos cultured under microgravity conditions developed" normally into blastocysts, cells that develop into the fetus and placenta, the scientists said.
The experiment "clearly demonstrated that gravity had no significant effect," the researchers said in a study that was published online in the scientific journal iScience on Saturday.
Terran Orbital receives $7M addition to Tranche 1 contract

Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests

Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds
