While preparations for two additional ScienceTaxi missions are already well underway, our very first #ScienceTaxi BioSpin has successfully returned from the International Space Station - #ISS.
Launched in September, ScienceTaxi truly lived up to its name in “Taxi Mode.” Even when the Cygnus NG-23 spacecraft took a longer route to the ISS, our payloads remained safe and fully operational thanks to continuous power and the autonomous control of temperature timelines and pump cycles inside the 38 ScienceShell mini-bioreactors. 🧬
After the successful internal transfer on the ISS from Cygnus to #SpaceX Dragon, ScienceTaxi has now safely returned to Earth aboard SpaceX-33, bringing back valuable scientific samples and mission data.
𝗔 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:
Astrobiome Space, SARL, Sophie's Bio, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 Teknologisk Institut 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 Sierra Space.
ScienceTaxi is now heading back to #Luxembourg for post-flight processing, before getting ready to head back to the ISS again later this year.
𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁.
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