BioSentinel
BioSentinel is a NASA mission that aims to measure the impact of space radiation on living organisms over long durations beyond Low Earth Orbit. The mission is part of the Artemis program, which plans to return humans to the Moon and eventually take them to Mars.
Overview[edit | edit source]
BioSentinel's primary goal is to develop a biosensor system for detecting, measuring, and identifying the impacts of space radiation on DNA repair over long durations beyond Low Earth Orbit. The mission will use the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a biosensor, and it will measure the yeast's response to ambient space radiation.
Mission[edit | edit source]
The BioSentinel mission is scheduled to launch as a secondary payload on the first flight of the Space Launch System, Artemis 1. The spacecraft will be deployed in a heliocentric orbit in cis-lunar space, where it will remain for 18 months.
Science Payload[edit | edit source]
The science payload of BioSentinel consists of a 3U CubeSat with a 14-kg dry mass. The payload includes a biosensor that uses the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to detect and measure DNA damage and repair.
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