Japanese red-bellied newts in Space--AstroNewt experiment on Space Shuttle IML-2 and Space Flyer Unit.
Biol Sci Space
; 15 Suppl: S96-103, 2001 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-11799253
Biological effects of gravity was examined in embryonic development of Japanese red bellied newt. Two space newt missions were conducted in 1994 and 1995. The Second International Microgravity Laboratory was flown in 1994 as one of the SpaceLab missions. Space Flyer Unit, a Japanese space platform, was delivered to the earth orbit by the third launch of the H-II rocket and retrieved by Space Shuttle in 1996. Female newts were induced to lay eggs in orbit at these two space missions. Eggs were successfully obtained on both missions, and exposed to space environment from its early developmental stages. Morphology of the embryos was found not deviated from those developed on ground, as long as in the images taken in orbit or the examined specimen retrieved to ground. On the other hand, pathological changes were discovered in several organs of the adult newts that returned alive from their space flight.
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Asunto principal:
Salamandridae
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Vuelo Espacial
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Ingravidez
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Adaptación Fisiológica
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Animals
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Biol Sci Space
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA AEROESPACIAL
Año:
2001
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Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
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Japón