NASA pulls out of Bion project in wake of monkey death
NASA has withdrawn from the international Bion space biomedical research program after a rhesus monkey died during biopsy surgery following two weeks in orbit in a Russian space capsule. The U.S. space agency said yesterday it is "suspending its participation" in the planned Bion 12 mission after an...
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