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Soviet biological science spacecraft (Bion 5)
Bion 5
, also known as
Kosmos 1129
(in
Russian
: Бион 5, Космос-1129) was a
Bion satellite
. It was an international
biomedical research
mission involving scientists from nine countries, launched on 29 September 1979, at 15:30:00
UTC
. Among the experiments was the first attempt to breed mammals in space, which proved unsuccessful. The mission ended after 14.5 days, on 14 October 1979, at 02:24 UTC. The mission had the cooperation of the
Bulgaria
,
Czechoslovakia
,
East Germany
, France,
Hungary
, Poland,
Romania
, the United States and the
Soviet Union
.
Mission
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Organisms studied included:
Objectives
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Bion 5 mission consisted of various biological studies, including the first mammalian reproduction attempts (
rats
) in space, which ended up not succeeding. Experiences
NASA
were designed to study the effects of
radiation
on
mice
, quail embryos and some plant specimens.
Studies on the effect of
microgravity
were also performed on the muscles and bones of
rats
and avian embryogenesis was studied in space. the effects of
microgravity
on plant tissues were investigated using carrots and carrot cancerous tissue to study the effects of space flight on the growth and development of plants. As in the previous mission, 30 rats for the species
Rattus norvegicus
were sent physiological studies; Seven additional rats were used in embryological experiments.
See also
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References
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Bibliography
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- Kozlov, D. I. (1996), Mashnostroenie, ed.;
Konstruirovanie avtomaticheskikh kosmicheskikh apparatov
, Moscow, ISBN
- Melnik, T. G. (1997), Nauka, ed.;
Voenno-Kosmicheskiy Sili
, Moscow, ISBN
- "Bion' nuzhen lyudyam",
Novosti Kosmonavtiki
, (6): 35, 1996
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