In this handout photo released by the Institute of Biomedical Problems IMBP of the Russian Academy of Sciences, researchers examine mice from the Bion-M No. 2 descent module after landing in the Orenburg region, Russia. The module was flying in a high-latitude orbit at an altitude of 370-380 kilometers with 75 mice, over 1,500 fruit flies, animal and human stem cells, medicinal plants, seeds, algae and microorganisms. Bion-M No. 2 was launched from the Baikonur сosmodrome by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket on August 20.
- Package: Russia Space
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Orenburg region, Russia
- Event date: 19.09.2025
- Date published: 23.09.2025
- Author: Oleg Voloshin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Institute of Bio-Medical Problems of RAS
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5472x3648px, 13.9Mb
- Job-ID: ada4620080bcbeeb