Monday, November 10, 2014

Animal Travel in Space

The history of animal travel in space has led to major safety advancements for humans. However, they were not without their problems.

Russians chose to use dogs instead of monkey as they were believed to be less fidgety during flight.

The first two canine cosmonauts (Dezik an Tsygan) entered space on August 15, 1951 and returned successfully.

The following mission, with Dezik and Lisa, was not so successful.

For the third launch, one of the canine cosmonauts, Smelaya, ran away the day before the launch. She returned a day later in time for the flight, luckily not having been eaten by nearby wolves.

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