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Australian cancer stem cell microgravity mission

Overview

Cambrian Defence & Space, in partnership with the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Cancer Biology, initiated a microgravity mission to study the response of human cancer stem cells to space environments. The mission utilized a Swedish-developed reusable payload designed to maintain a temperature of approximately 37°C to house the living cells.

Launched on October 1 from the Esrange Space Centre in Sweden, the cells traveled aboard the German Aerospace Centre’s MAPHEUS-17 sounding rocket. The rocket reached an altitude of roughly 300 kilometers, providing the cells with at least seven minutes of microgravity exposure. Following the mission, the cells returned safely to Earth for analysis to determine if microgravity triggers biological changes that could assist in understanding cancer development, progression, and early detection.

Entities

Centre for Cancer Biology · Cambrian Defence & Space · SSC Space Sweden · Nirmal Robinson · Esrange Space Centre

Timeline

  1. [TECHNOLOGY] 3 sources
    Adelaide University stem cells return from space mission

    Human stem cells from Adelaide University successfully traveled 300km into space via a sounding rocket to study the effects of microgravity on cancer progression and early detection.

  2. [TECHNOLOGY] 2 sources
    Cambrian Defence & Space to launch cancer research mission into microgravity

    An Adelaide-led mission will launch living human cancer cells into space via a European rocket to study how microgravity affects cancer progression and early detection.

Sources

adelaide.edu.au · azolifesciences.com · glamadelaide.com.au · news-medical.net