Now, freeze-dried mouse sperm, stored aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in a radiation protection box, could help give us a better understanding of mammals’ ability to procreate off Earth. In 1997, he and another academic developed a novel method that they used to clone the world’s first mouse from adult cells. And he and his team pioneered a freeze-drying method used to send mouse sperm to the ISS, where it was stored in a freezer for up to six years. From that study, they determined that freeze-dried sperm could stay viable for 200 years in space. When it comes to mice, the freeze-dried mouse sperm Wakayama is currently storing aboard the ISS will return to Earth in 2025 for study.

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Persons: CNN — It’s, “, ”, Virginia Wotring, Wotring, Artemis, Elon, Akihiko Organizations: CNN, Space, firma, University of Yamanashi’s, Biotechnology, KFC, Space Shuttle Endeavour, Orbiter, NASA, International Space University, SpaceX, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA Locations: Wakayama, Japan, Strasbourg, France