A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name FLIES 2 - Test of the metabolic hypothesis of accelerated ageing in Drosophila in space
Operational Nomenclature FLIES 2
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=FLIES2_RETR
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-z14nrcf
Platform Retrievable Facilities
HRE-E3P Category Biology
Mission Bion 10 (Cosmos 2229)
Keywords ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset
Team Coordinator Name J Miquel, IA Ushakov, Roberto Marco
Version 1.0
Team Members FLIES2_RETR
Publication René Demets, WH Jansen, E Simeone, 2002, Biological Experiments on the BION-10 Satellite, SP-1208 ESA; ISBN-No. 92-9092-431-4

J Miquel, DE Philpott, 1978, Effects of weightlessness on the genetics and aging process of Drosophila melanogaster, Final reports on U.S. experiments flown on the Soviet satellite Cosmos 936, NASA TM-78526, , 32-59, Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administrati

J Miquel, JE Fleming, 1984, A two-step hypothesis on the mechanism of in vitro cell aging: cell differentiation followed by intrinsic mitochondrial mutagenesis, Experimental Gerontology, 19, 31-36

I Vernos, J Gonzáles-Jurado, M Calleja, M Carratala, Roberto Marco, 1988, Effects of short spaceflights on Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis and life span, Biorack on Spacelab D-1, ESA SP-1091, , 121-133, ESA Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Publications Divisi

René Demets, 1996, Biological experiments on Bion-8 and Bion-9, ESA SP-1190, , , ESA Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Publications Divisi
Temporal Coverage 1992-12-29T00:00:00Z/1993-01-12T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2025-11-07T14:35:12Z
Last Update 2026-07-09
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, J Miquel et al., 2025, 'FLIES 2', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-z14nrcf
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.