(Daily Mail)
Will Stewart June 19, 2019 07:12
Moscow is aiming for the first baby born in space to be Russian, a top scientist has revealed.
Dr Irina Ogneva, lab head of cell biophysics of the Institute of Medical and Biological Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences, revealed the ambition this week.
'We have always been first in space, and would want the first human to be born in space to be a citizen of Russia,' she said.
But she admitted that so far Russian cosmonauts have refused to donate sperm obtained in space for scientific study.
Dr Ogneva did not make clear whether she expects the first space baby to be conceived as well as born in orbit.
On a baby being born in orbit, she said: 'We should take care about the person and not patriotic populism as the cornerstone.
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