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BION SATELLITE MISSIONS
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 target- 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 condition
- In 2013, Bion-M1 carried land snails in orbit for 30 days; hardware failures killed many other animals, but the snails survived
- 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...25 Sep, 2025, 10.41 PM IST
- Russian mice, fruit flies set to conquer space, Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite mission to fly them for space researchRussia's Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome will carry 75 mice and 1,500 fruit flies for space medicine research. T...18 Aug, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
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