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BION 8 MISSION
In 1987, Bion 8 carried monkeys Yerosha and Dryoma for 13 days; Yerosha escaped part of his restraints before the capsule landed 1,850 miles off targetThe Soviet Bion program studied weightlessness effects using rhesus macaques. Bion 8 launched in 1987 with two monkeys, Yerosha and Dryoma....- In 1960, NASA launched rhesus monkey Miss Sam to test Mercury's escape system, and she reached 1,800 mph and 9 miles, then returned in overall good conditionMiss Sam, a rhesus monkey, played a pivotal role in NASA's launch escape system testing, demonstrating the system's ability to safely eject...
- Russia's ‘Noah’s Ark’ with 75 mice and over 1,500 flies returns from spaceThe Russian Bion-M No. 2 satellite, carrying mice, flies, and other specimens, returned to Earth after a month-long mission studying the ef...
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