Scientists are planning to make 'space babies'.
Boffins are trying to make 'space babies'
Experts will be using IVF treatment on rockets in orbit and suggested that the move could allow the human race to set up colonies on other planets.
British scientists are working with the Dutch company SpaceBorn United on artificial insemination in an orbiting bio-satellite, with the first test flight due to blast off over Canada later this year.
Dr. Egbert Edelbroek, of SpaceBorn, said: "The goal is that people will eventually be able to reproduce off-planet in a natural way. But to achieve that in the most ethical and medically optimal way, we need to study that with assisted reproductive technologies."
The boffins will initially use sperm and eggs from mice and rats and the venture is being supported by Asgardia - a Space Nation created in 2016 to establish the first human colony away from Earth.