Produced by: Manoj Kumar
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Gravity’s gone—so is everything we know about sex, fertilization, and pregnancy. Making a baby in space might be the hardest mission yet.
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Mice won’t mate in orbit. Some embryos vanish mid-growth. If they won’t do it, what hope do we have?
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Cosmic rays don’t just zap electronics—they tear through DNA. One hit could end a pregnancy before it begins.
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Without gravity, even building a placenta—a lifeline for the fetus—may be biologically impossible.
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NASA launched sperm into space. It swam. It survived. But could it actually create life off Earth?
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Embryos formed in microgravity often fail after implantation—science doesn’t yet know why.
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On Mars, reproductive freedom might not exist. Experts predict gene editing, mating algorithms, and quotas.
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Carrying a baby in space means shielding it from radiation, zero-G, and cosmic chaos. We're nowhere close.
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This isn’t a movie plot—it’s biology’s final boss fight. Without reproduction, space colonies will die out.
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