Billionaire Richard Branson makes a statement as crew members Beth Moses and Sirisha Bandla float in zero gravity on board Virgin Galactic's passenger rocket plane VSS Unity. The company is being engage to test the effects of menstruation in female astronauts in space.
Sana Pashankar
A reproductive health nonprofit is seeking to raise $1.2 million to book space travel with Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. and research menstruation in weightless conditions.
The group, called Operation Period, will study the impacts of space on menstrual physiology - a key consideration for female astronauts during long-duration space travel.
The research, which is slated to take place during a 90-minute suborbital flight next year, will also study the performance of menstrual products, according to a statement from the group and Virgin Galactic.
