# Impregnation in Space **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786 "2004-08-07T16:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/1 "2004-08-07T16:53:17Z")
Did they ever impregnated human egg in space? I’m sure they did this kind of stuff on animals. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/2 "2004-08-07T17:08:53Z")
Well, there have been some experiments involving ant farms and whatnot, and there was no indication reproduction had been affected. Well, no effect once the ants stopped arguing over who the queen was. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/3 "2004-08-07T22:45:04Z")
I’m pretty sure they (in-vitro) fertilized fish ova on the shuttle, once. With fish sperm, of course. ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/4 "2004-08-11T03:35:48Z")
Did they have sex in space? They might have done that ,some of those American astronuts were pretty hot chicks. Flying on long mission gets boring anyway. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/5 "2004-08-11T04:05:58Z")
What do you think the robot arm is for, huh? ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/6 "2004-08-11T04:09:50Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > Did they have sex in space? [No](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_214.html). And I don’t think any female astronaut has been on a long flight (i.e. longer than the 2 weeks [?] possible with the Shuttle). ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/7 "2004-08-11T04:35:40Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > [No](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_214.html). > > And I don’t think any female astronaut has been on a long flight (i.e. longer than the 2 weeks [?] possible with the Shuttle). How about Russians ? They had extremelly long missions in space and some of them with women. By the way,first woman in space was Russian, Valentina Tereshkova. Russian women are so hot 😛 and get along with men more easilly.(if you know what I mean) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/8 "2004-08-11T05:06:38Z")
Some female astronauts are hot, ergo it’s likely that astronauts have had sex in space? What kind of syllogism is that??? And there has been at least one female astronaut who served a tour of duty (several months) aboard Mir. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/9 "2004-08-11T05:14:56Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Some female astronauts are hot, ergo it’s likely that astronauts have had sex in space? What kind of syllogism is that??? It makes it more likely somebody would try, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/10 "2004-08-11T05:18:32Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > How about Russians ? [Sex in Space Forbidden, Says Russian Cosmonaut](http://www.space.com/news/cosmonauts_sex_010601.html) > [@](#): > > Musabayev also gave a negative answer when asked whether anybody has ever had sex in space. “Definitely not, although there is a lot of idle talk around this,” he said. [Sex In Space: From Russia…with Love](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39977,00.html) > [@](#): > > NASA might be a little squeamish about sex in space but in Russia the scientific community is noted for keeping abreast of sex, romance and long-term crew isolation in space. > > The Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP), a leading Russian research institute in the field of space medicine and biology, has been involved for decades in the sex-related studies of living species in space. Back to America: [Sex That’s Out of This World](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,39977,00.html) > [@](#): > > In the book Living in Space, former NASA consultant G. Harry Stine, who died in 1997 shortly after his book was published, said that the neutral buoyancy tank that’s used for astronaut training at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, was also used, both officially and unofficially, to see whether people could shag sans gravitational pull. The upshot is that there are all sorts of ethical problems with impregnation in space, and no one has _ever_ had sex in space. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/11 "2004-08-11T05:22:08Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Some female astronauts are hot, ergo it’s likely that astronauts have had sex in space? What kind of syllogism is that??? > > And there has been at least one female astronaut who served a tour of duty (several months) aboard Mir. Shannon Lucid. She was an American record holder, if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/12 "2004-08-11T13:41:47Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Sex in Space Forbidden, Says Russian Cosmonaut > Quote: Musabayev also gave a negative answer when asked whether anybody has ever had sex in space. “Definitely not, although there is a lot of idle talk around this,” he said. Sure, they say that…who would know? They’re sure as heck not gonna get walked in on. And if it’s known that two astro/cosmonauts have had sex? “You gonna come up here and tell me I can’t? Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah…” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/13 "2004-08-11T14:04:46Z")
In space, no one can hear you cream. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/14 "2004-08-11T15:00:29Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > In space, no one can hear you cream. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/15 "2004-08-11T19:14:44Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > In space, no one can hear you cream. Joke of the day. ---
**Author:** ![beltbuckle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@beltbuckle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beltbuckle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/16 "2004-08-11T19:37:21Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > Shannon Lucid. She was an American record holder, if I recall correctly. [Not exactly easy on the eyes.](http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/portraits/lucid.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![nonpolar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@nonpolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonpolar)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/17 "2004-08-11T21:36:39Z")
> [@beltbuckle](#): > > [Not exactly easy on the eyes.](http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/portraits/lucid.jpg) Good God ! Even if I flew in space ship with her to Alpha C. ,I would not be able to have sex with her. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/18 "2004-08-11T21:47:10Z")
Meanies. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impregnation-in-space/258786/19 "2004-08-11T22:37:38Z")
> [@nonpolar](#): > > Even if I flew in space ship with her to Alpha C. ,I would not be able to have sex with her. Geez, you guys are harsh. Do you realize she’s 61 years old now? And I think that’s a fairly recent photo. She was 53 when she flew on Mir.