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Microbiome profiling of feces from mice flown on the RR-10 mission

Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

The objective of the Rodent Research-10 Mission (RR-10) was to investigate how spaceflight affects the cellular and molecular mechanisms of normal bone tissue regeneration in space. To this end, ten (10) 14-15 weeks-old female B6129SF2/J Wild Type (WT), and ten (10) 14-15 weeks-old female B6;129S2-Cdkn1atm1Tyj/J (p21-null) mice received a pre-flight subcutaneous injection of the bone marker (Alizarin Red), and were then delivered to the ISS aboard SpaceX-21. At 7 days before euthanasia, all 20 mice received an intraperitoneal (IP) injection with a bone formation marker (Calcein). At 48 +/- 2 hours before euthanasia, all 20 mice received an IP injection with a second dose of Calcein as well as a cell proliferation marker (BrdU). Then, following 28-29 days in microgravity, the Flight mice were euthanized. Following removal of hindlimbs, carcasses were wrapped in aluminum foil, preserved in the CryoChiller, and stored at -80 C or colder until return to Earth. In addition to the Flight group, three ground control groups were also part of the study: Basal (representing the pre-launch state), Vivarium (standard vivarium housing for the same duration of time as flight), and Ground (flight habitat in the International Space Station Environment Simulator, ISSES). Twenty mice (10 of each strain) were included in each of these control groups (except Vivarium which included 12 of each strain). These were treated, euthanized and processed on the same schedule and in the same manner as the flight samples. At the end of RR-10 experiment, all frozen carcasses were partially thawed and fecal pellets were removed and preserved by flash freezing in LN2. DNA was extracted, shotgun metagenome libraries generated, and libraries sequenced (target 10 M clusters at PE 250 bp). This dataset features WT samples from the Flight (n=3), Ground (n=5), Basal (n=10) and Vivarium groups (n=12), as well as p21-null samples from Flight (n=5), Ground (n=5), Basal (n=10) and Vivarium groups (n=12).

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Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025
Publisher Open Science Data Repository
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Identifier 10.26030/6axn-0058
Data Last Modified 2025-08-21
Category Biological and Physical Sciences
Public Access Level public
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