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The sperm that was preserved up in space for years was injected into oocytes using a method called intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

Frozen mouse sperm that spent 6 years in orbit used to conceive 8 healthy ‘space pups’

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Long-term storage on the International Space Station didn't cause DNA damage to freeze-dried mouse sperm.

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The International Space Station.

Russia threatens to leave International Space Station program over US sanctions: reports

By Elizabeth Howell published

Russia's space chief is threatening to leave the International Space Station program in 2025 unless the United States lifts sanctions against the Russian space sector.

Space Exploration
Baby bobtail squid just hours after hatching.

Glow-in-the-dark baby squid and tardigrades to be blasted into space

By Ben Turner published

Scientists hope to identify the genes that the animals use to adapt to extreme environments.

Squids
A man models an astronaut undergarment — known as a Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment — that was designed for the Space Shuttle/International Space Station Extravehicular Mobility Unit, photographed in 1994.

Astronauts may finally start cleaning their space underwear (with microbes)

By Mindy Weisberger published

Bacterial compounds could provide antimicrobial protection in undergarments shared by astronauts during spacewalks.

Space Exploration
The International Space Station was launched into low Earth orbit in 1998. Russia's space agency may withdraw from the station in the next four years, officials say.

Russia wants to build its own space station to replace the ISS, state officials say

By Brandon Specktor published

Russia is building modules for a new space station, which could potentially replace the International Space Station by the year 2025, officials said.

Space Exploration
The International Space Station jettisons a 2.9-ton pallet carrying used batteries on March 11, 2021. This photo was posted on Twitter by NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins.

Space station tosses 2.9-ton hunk of space junk overboard. It will stay in orbit for years.

By Mike Wall published

The International Space Station discarded a 2.9-ton pallet of used batteries on Thursday morning (March 11), the most massive object it has ever jettisoned.

Space Exploration
An illustration of space junk

How do tiny pieces of space junk cause incredible damage?

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Space junk moves at 10 times the speed of a bullet from an average gun.

Space
The International Space Station, photographed by Expedition 56 crewmembers from a Soyuz spacecraft in October 2018. NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Ricky Arnold and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev executed a flyaround of the orbiting laboratory to take pictures of the station before returning home after spending 197 days in space.

The International Space Station can't last forever. Here's how it will eventually die by fire.

By Meghan Bartels published

What goes up must come down — including, sadly enough, the International Space Station.

Space Exploration
international space station expedition 62

Without gravity, the fluid around an astronaut's brain moves in weird ways

By Doris Elin Salazar published

The fluid that cushions the human brain redistributes in the skull during spaceflight, according to a new study.

Health
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus NG-14 cargo ship launches toward the International Space Station from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia on Oct. 2, 2020.

New space toilet reaches the final frontier

By Chelsea Gohd published

A robotic Cygnus spacecraft successfully blasted off from Virginia today (Oct. 1) carrying nearly 4 tons of gear, including a new space toilet, to the International Space Station.

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