They plan to breed quails on the ISS

As part of the experiment, which will be conducted on the basis of the laboratory module “Science” at Moscow Time, scientists want to breed Japanese quail chicks. This is reported on Wednesday by the “Russian newspaper”.

The module “Science” promises to become the main platform for experiments in the Russian segment of the station, one of the studies ” testing the influence of weightlessness, temperature conditions and radiation on living beings. In particular, scientists want to breed Japanese quail chicks in the conditions of the ISS. As the publication explains, the “Quail” experiment is aimed at providing the products of manned expeditions, namely, to obtain fresh quail eggs in orbit.

The first such study was undertaken back in 1978, but it was not crowned with success. In 1990, eight quail pups were hatched at the Mir station, but they quickly died. And only in 1999, scientists got the result: for the first time in history, living beings were born in space and, after living there for several days, three chicks returned to Earth. Now, in the 21st century, biologists have a new opportunity to continue their research.

In addition, it is planned to study the evolution of microbes on the ISS in the near future, the conditions of sterility during biotechnological experiments in space, as well as to grow lettuce by conveyor method and create crystals for IR detectors.

Recall that the multifunctional laboratory module “Science” was launched to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Proton-M rocket on July 21. On July 29, the module successfully docked to the ISS.

On July 31, astronauts from the ISS conducted a video tour of the new module. 

It is worth noting that, according to experts, in the future, “Science” and two other modules being developed for the ISS can become the basis for an independent Russian orbital station.

Источник aif.ru

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