The Russian "bioequipage" of fruit flies that flew into space can help develop a means to increase reproductive function in men. This was told to RIA Novosti by Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biophysics at the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Irina Ogneva.
According to her, 10 pairs of fly larvae were sent into space, which hatched on the third day of the flight, grew up and gave offspring. About 500-600 flies returned to Earth in four test tubes.
Earlier in October, cosmonaut, scientist, deputy director of the Institute of Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Oleg Kotov said that during the flight of the film crew, which included cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko, a scientific experiment took place. The scientist said that together with the film crew, a "bioequipage" of fruit flies returned to Earth. According to Kotov, the insects were in orbit for 12 days.
On the morning of October 17, the film crew, consisting of Novitsky, Peresild and Shipenko, landed on the Soyuz MS-18 (Yu. A. Gagarin) ship 148 kilometers southeast of the city of Zhezkazgan in Kazakhstan. The crew arrived at the ISS on October 5 to shoot the film "The Challenge" — the first ever picture created in space.
Marina Sovina
