September 2026
Towards a research roadmap for human reproduction beyond Earth
... whether society should begin thinking seriously about human reproduction beyond Earth – it is that the discussion can no longer be postponed This summer the newly formed Space Reproduction Roadmap Consortium (SRRC) published its first white paper...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... moves beyond short-duration missions towards permanent settlements on the Moon, commercial space stations and, ultimately, voyages to Mars, reproduction can no longer be regarded as a hypothetical curiosity. If people are to live beyond Earth rather...
August 2021
Space research in embryology
... Station (part of the SpaceX-10 mission of February 2017) elucidated molecular changes in the reproductive system tissues of male mice residing in space for 21-24 days. Along with that, sampling the tissues under microgravity conditions onboard the...
April 2025
Pioneering human reproduction in space
... Almon, Dr Peter-Paul Verbeek, Dr Vasiliki Rahimzadeh and Dr Victor Cole, who will all contribute to the company’s space reproduction symposia. Validating experiment results To prepare for ARTIS missions, SpaceBorn is testing the resilience...
11 June 2025
Milestone in space reproduction as IVF prototype successfully tested in orbit
..., CEO of SpaceBorn United. “For the first time, hardware built specifically to enable stages of human reproduction in space has been tested in space. Although no human biological material was included in this inaugural flight, the ARTIS minilab has...
