Mouse embryos grown in space for first time, say researchers

Mouse embryos grown on the International Space Station and developed normally in the first study indicate that it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space, a group of Japanese scientists said.

The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, professor of University of Yamanashi’s Advanced Biotechnology Centre, and a team from the Japan Aerospace Space Agency, sent frozen mouse embryos on board a rocket to the ISS in August 2021.