QUICK FACTS
Launch: Mid-2006
Launch Vehicle: SpaceX Falcon
Mission Duration: 5 weeks

Science Payload:
Population of 15 Female Mice
Mice Habitats w/ pumped water supply
Habitat Cameras
Chewable Mouse Toys
Body Mass Sensor
Urinalysis System

Related Links
Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program
Overview - MIT News
Overview - Space.com
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Mars Gravity Biosatellite NewsWire: Recent Articles
2-Oct-05 - NASA Grant Energizes Student-Developed Mars Project (Space.com)
20-Jul-04 - Mouse Tronauts to land on Mars (China Radio International)
29-May-04 - Mars Gravity Update (marsgravity.org)
12-Apr-04 - Mice to help us endure trip to Mars (Ledger-Enquirer)
20-Mar-04 - Destination Mars (Science News for Kids)

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Mission Overview

The Mars Gravity Biosatellite will carry a small population of mice to low Earth orbit aboard a spinning spacecraft creating "artificial gravity" identical to that on the Martian surface. The five-week mission will conduct the first in-depth study of how mammals adapt to a reduced-gravity environment. Groundbreaking data from this mission and its successors will be essential in determining future possibilities for human space exploration.