JapanScientists from Yamanashi University in 2013 landed on the International Space Station (ISS) taken and brought to Earth in 2019 fare succeeded in producing ‘space offspring’ from his sperm.
It was stated that the experiment of rat sperm carried into space by freezing and drying showed that sperm can be stored in space for more than 200 years.
Japanese scientists studied the reproductive potential of freeze-dried sperm long stored on the ISS to assess the biological effect of cosmic rays and space radiation. In the experiment conducted as part of this review, scientists managed to produce mouse pups from sperm stored in space for about 5 years.
Scientists, sperm He explained that they were able to produce genetically normal mouse offspring without their DNA or fertility being affected by space radiation. The results of the experiment showed that sperm can be stored in space for more than 200 years.