Japan Building Life Sciences Satellite
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has started work on a small satellite that will carry six mice to orbit as the first step in what JAXA hopes will be a Japanese human spaceflight program. The satellite, measuring 1 ft. across and weighing 200-400 lb., is to sustain the mice for two weeks after launch as...
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