How hero astronaut animals paved the road to modern space travel

For nearly 80 years, some very unlikely astronauts have boldly gone where no fruit fly, dog, monkey or tortoise had gone before. Long before humans hit the heavens, animals were the original space ...
Phys.org

We've been sending animals into space for 7 decades—yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm

This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies. Laika's cramped, stressful conditions and ...
National Geographic

What we can learn from watching 100,000 animals in unbelievable detail—from space

Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Sergey Prokopyev successfully installed the first ICARUS experiment antenna on the outside hull of the International Space Station during a nearly eight-hour space walk in ...
The Conversation

We’ve been sending animals into space for 7 decades – yet there are still no rules to protect them from harm

This week, Russia is expected to launch its Bion-M No.2 biosatellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies. While the mission underscores Russia’s ongoing ...