This photo released by the Institute of Biomedical Problems IMBP of the Russian Academy of Sciences, shows test tubes with insects from the Bion-M No. 2 lander 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, 4641x2802px, 11.9Mb
- Job-ID: e72a1cfacfa8227d