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A human embryo at roughly three to four weeks of development. The Tiangong experiment uses stem cell-derived embryo models at roughly the same stage of development. Credit: Wikime ...

The experiment should reveal how microgravity affects early human development – a critical question if we ever want to have babies beyond the confines of our planet.