NASA Team Readies MinIon for Sequencing Tests Aboard ISS; Launch Scheduled for March 2016

Jul 29, 2015

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team of researchers at the NASA Johnson Space Center is preparing to take the Oxford Nanopore MinIon to the International Space Station as early as next spring, making it the first DNA sequencer in space.

As of now, the MinIon is scheduled to take off in March 2016 on Cygnus CRS Orb-5, the fifth flight of the resupply spacecraft Cygnus to the ISS, but the launch date has not yet been finalized and might be pushed back somewhat.

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