In this handout photo released by Russian Space Agency Roscosmos, the Bion-M No. 2 descent module, carrying 75 mice, over a thousand fruit flies, cell cultures, plant seeds, microbes, and lunar soil simulants, is seen at the landing site upon return to Earth from space in Orenburg region, Russia. The biological satellite was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and spent 30 days in polar orbit to study how living organisms survive flight in a high-latitude orbit, where space radiation is one third higher than in the orbit of the International Space Station.
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- Package: Russia Space
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Orenburg region, Russia
- Event date: 19.09.2025
- Date published: 19.09.2025
- Author: Ivan Timoshenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Space Agency Roscosmos / RSC "Energia»
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1280x853px, 604.4Kb
- Job-ID: 2d92f73dfc1a2470