{"id":2412,"date":"2013-05-21T19:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T19:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2013-05-21T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T19:53:22","slug":"bion-m1-returns-safely-but-many-test-animals-did-not-survive-the-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2412","title":{"rendered":"Bion M1 returns safely but many test animals did not survive the flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bion_%28satellite%29\" target=\"_d\">Bion M1<\/a>, launched on April 19, 2013 from the <a title=\"Baikonur\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baikonur\">Baikonur<\/a> Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and returned on May 19th. The\u00a0 biology mission appears to have been a mixed success:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacesafetymagazine.com\/2013\/05\/21\/crew-bion-m1-dead-landing\/\" target=\"_d\">Crew of Bion M1 Found Dead upon Landing &#8211; Space Safety Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-russian-animals-space-dead-gerbils-mice-lizards-20130520,0,6827024.story\" target=\"_d\">Russian mice, gerbils dead in 30-day space ordeal; lizards live &#8211; latimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensinspace.org\/2013\/05\/lessons-from-bion-m-failures\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=lessons-from-bion-m-failures\" target=\"_d\">Lessons from Bion M Failures &#8211; Citizens in Space<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More background info about the project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacebiosciences.arc.nasa.gov\/mission\/bion-m1\" target=\"_d\">Bion-M1 &#8211; NASA Space Biosciences Division<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflight101.com\/bion-m1-mission-updates.html\" target=\"_d\">Bion-M1 Mission Updates &#8211; SPACEFLIGHT101<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Bion M1, launched on April 19, 2013 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and returned on May 19th. The\u00a0 biology mission appears to have been a mixed success: Crew of Bion M1 Found Dead upon Landing &#8211; Space Safety Magazine Russian mice, gerbils dead in 30-day space ordeal; lizards live &#8211; latimes.com Lessons &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bion M1 returns safely but many test animals did not survive the flight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-science-and-technology","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-CU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2636,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2636","url_meta":{"origin":2412,"position":0},"title":"Imaging the Bion-M1 spacecraft while it was in space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Astrophotographer\u00a0 Ralf Vandebergh writes about imaging the Russian Bion-M1 satellite during its recent flight:\u00a0 Ground-based Images of Bion-M1 Spacecraft - Space Safety Magazine - June.5.13. 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