The Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft docks with the China Space Station, October 26, 2023. \/China Manned Space Agency <\/p>\n
The Shenzhou-17 manned spacecraft docks with the China Space Station, October 26, 2023. \/China Manned Space Agency <\/p>\n
The Shezhou-17 manned spacecraft was sent to the China Space Station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday. Besides the three-member crew, the spacecraft also carried 29 biological samples to the space station. <\/p>\n
The project, named \"Space Protein Molecular Assembly and Application Research,\" is led by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). <\/p>\n
The 29 samples cover five categories: proteins, polypeptides, nucleic acids, biological materials, and pharmaceutical materials. Samples include insulin, protein complexes for cancer treatment, nucleic acid polymerase, key proteins in plant photosynthesis and collagen polypeptide. <\/p>\n
According CAS, the microgravity environment in space can eliminate or weaken the convection and sedimentation under normal gravity field, and provide a more stable environment for the growth of high-quality protein crystals. <\/p>\n
In addition, the fine structure of protein molecules can be obtained by X-ray diffraction to reveal their biological functions more accurately, including the relationship between normal physiological effects, pathogenic mechanisms, pharmacodynamics, side effects and molecular structure. It has a direct effect on molecular drug design and is of great significance to biomimetic biotechnology, said CAS. <\/p>\n
The Shenzhou-17 crew is expected to stay in orbit for nearly six months, carrying out several extravehicular activities, and conducting a large number of experiments and tests in areas of basic physics in a microgravity environment, materials science, life science, space medicine and space technology. <\/p>\n
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