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. 2017 Sep 7;7:10837. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10998-4

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Overview of the first JAXA Mouse Project. (a) Twelve male mice (C57BL/6 J) were launched by SpX9 from the Kennedy Space Center on 18 July 2016. On the ISS, the mice were divided into two groups (six mice in MG and six mice in AG). After 35 days of habitation on the ISS, the mice in the TCU were placed into the Dragon capsule and then splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near the West Coast on 26 August 2016. The mice were transported to the laboratory for behavioral observation and dissection two days later.Representative images of onboard habitation for an AG mouse (b) and a MG mouse (c). Supplemental Videos 2 and 3 show all of the 12 mice onboard.