BioSentinel Mission is NASA’s first biological CubeSat to travel beyond low Earth orbit, launched aboard Artemis I to study deep-space conditions. Read more about BioSentinel Mission, Objectives, Components, Latest News
BioSentinel Mission Latest News
Recently, the BioSentinel probe flew past the Moon with yeast to measure deep-space radiation.
About BioSentinel Mission
It is a six-unit (6U) CubeSat launched on November 16, 2022.
It was developed by the NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA.
It is the first biological CubeSat developed to travel beyond low Earth orbit (LEO).
It was selected as one of the secondary payloads – and the sole biological experiment – to have the rare opportunity to catch a ride to deep space on Artemis I,
Objectives
To develop the capability to support biological organisms in deep interplanetary space, and
To characterize the deep space radiation environment and its effects on biological organisms.
Components
It is composed of two sections, one containing the scientific payloads, and a spacecraft bus equipped with solar panel arrays, batteries, micropropulsion system, star tracker navigation system, transponder, antennas, and command and data handling systems.
The two payloads are the microfluidic-based BioSensor instrument and a radiation detector.
The BioSensor instrument carried the budding yeast S. cerevisiae to assay biological responses to accumulated doses of deep space radiation.
Source: HT
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