Russia to launch biosatellite with mice on Board in 2019
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 11, 2014 - The Russian biosatellite Bion-M2 with mice on board will be boosted into orbit in 2019, where it will operate for 60 days, the head of the Bion project Vladimir Sychev said. "The height of the previous flight of the Bion-M1 biosatellite was mere 545 kilometers. Our new device will fly twice as high. This will provide unique data concerning the impact of the solar radiation has on biologica ... more

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