Bion-M1
| Bion-M1 | |
|---|---|
| Country: |
 Russia
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| Operator: |
 Roscosmos
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| COSPAR-ID : | 2013-015A |
| Mission dates | |
| Begin: | April 19, 2013, 10:00 UTC |
| Starting place: | Baikonur |
| Launcher: | Soyuz-2.1a |
| Landing: | May 19, 2013 |
| Flight duration: | 30 days |
| Orbit data | |
| Orbit inclination : | 64.9 ° |
| Apogee height : | 581 km |
| Perigee height : | 558 km |
Bion-M1 is a Russian space mission. It is the first launch of an improved model of the Bion satellite. The satellite was launched on April 19, 2013 10:00 UTC from Baikonur together with the six small satellites AIST 2 , Beesat-2 , Beesat-3 , OSSI 1 , SOMP and Dove-2 with a Soyuz 2.1a rocket. On May 19, 2013, the landing capsule landed about 100 km north of Orenburg .
Scientific payload
The following scientific experiments, which run automatically during the flight, are on board:
- a closed ecosystem with Euglena gracilis , horn leaf , ramshorn snails , Mexican amphipods and cichlids , which were in the larval stage at the start. During the flight, the fish larvae and algae are filmed in order to see any changes in behavior. In addition, samples of the algae are regularly taken and fixed in order to analyze the expression of certain genes after landing which could play a role in the perception of gravity.
- Fungi and bacteria in containers on the outside of the return capsule to test whether these microorganisms can survive vacuum and re-entry into the earth's atmosphere
- Vertebrates to test the effects of weightlessness on skeletal structures, internal organs and the immune system
- 45 laboratory mice ( Mus musculus , C57black / 6)
- 8 Mongolian gerbils ( Meriones unguiculatus )
- 15 geckos ( Chondrodactylus turneri )
- Molluscs
- 20 Roman snails ( Helix pomatia )
Results
After landing, the Russian news agency Interfax reported that all gerbils and more than half of all mice on board did not survive the flight. The gerbils died due to a malfunction in a module. All other animals and biological experiments reached Earth unscathed and were taken to Moscow for further investigation.
Remarks
- ↑ April 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Космический аппарат "Бион-М" № 1 успешно выведен на орбиту ( Memento from May 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Biological space vehicle “Bion-M”. (No longer available online.) Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biomedical Problems, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; accessed on April 20, 2013 (English).
- ^ Anatoly Zak: Bion (12KSM) satellite. RussianSpaceWeb, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ^ Bion-M1. (No longer available online.) NASA, archived from the original on April 24, 2013 ; accessed on January 24, 2014 .
- ↑ Russian biosatellite launched with small animals. RIA Novosti, April 19, 2013, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Stefan Heykes: Flying Zoo Bion-M 1 has landed. Raumfahrer.net, May 19, 2013, accessed January 24, 2014 .
- ^ Anatoly Zak: Onboard science. RussianSpaceWeb, April 18, 2013, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ^ Günther Glatzel: Biosatellite with geckos, snails and fish in space. April 19, 2013, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ^ Anatoly Zak: Preparing for landing. In: russianspaceweb.com. May 19, 2013, accessed May 19, 2013 .