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NASA BioSentinel Mission

November 1 , 2026 1 hrs 0 min 36 0

NASA’s BioSentinel spacecraft studied deep-space radiation, but its yeast experiment failed because the cells had probably expired before launch.
Launched on 16 November 2022 aboard Artemis I to study radiation effects on living cells.
It carried yeast samples and a radiation detector.
Four tests conducted between December 2022 and April 2023 showed no yeast growth.
NASA found that radiation was not the cause.
Its radiation detector continued collecting data in deep space.