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NASA RATS EXPERIMENT
In 1979, Cosmos 1129 flew five female and two male rats for 18.5 days and allowed them to mate; no normal pregnancies resulted in flight, while a later ground study produced healthy litters- In 1983, NASA flew six rats in Challenger’s crew cabin for a 6-day test; the cage kept them healthy, but engineers called for a 20% more water safety margin
- In 1998, NASA flew crickets on Neurolab to study how spaceflight affects developing nervous systems; across the 16-day mission, they joined about 2,000 animals in space
- In 2005, NASA flew five thick-toed geckos aboard Foton-M2 for 16 days without food or water; all were recovered with no apparent negative health effectsFive geckos orbited Earth for sixteen days without food or water. Researchers studied how weightlessness affects these cold-blooded animals...31 Aug, 2026, 07.54 PM IST
- 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....31 Aug, 2026, 07.40 PM IST
- On STS-51B, NASA flew 24 rats and 2 squirrel monkeys with Spacelab-3; one monkey showed space sickness while the rats returned with muscle lossIn 1985, Challenger carried rats and monkeys to study microgravity's effects. One monkey experienced space sickness, mirroring human astron...28 Aug, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
- Reaching Mars could cost you a kidney, here are the detailsA recent UCL study, featured in Nature Communications, reveals significant kidney health risks for Mars-bound astronauts. Analyzing data fr...11 May, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
- Selena Gomez breaks silence on ‘Emilia Perez’ controversy: ‘Some magic has disappeared’ but ‘no regrets’Netflix has reportedly distanced itself from Oscar-nominated actor Karla Sofia Gascon after backlash over her derogatory posts on X, removi...12 Feb, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
- Excerpt from Ashlee Vance's Elon Musk: How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our futureAn excerpt from Ashlee Vance’s Elon Musk: How theBillionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future.21 Jun, 2015, 03.09 AM IST
- Space research to help humans fight illnesses on EarthNew research on leukocytes - human defence cells - seeks to understand how these tiny warriors mount their defence, researchers said.08 Dec, 2014, 06.11 PM IST
- NASA to send rats to space to test micro-gravityTo conduct tests on long term effect of micro-gravity on living organisms,NASA plans to send rats for longer duration to International Spac...22 Aug, 2014, 04.57 PM IST
- Doctors to perform first 'weightless surgery'A team of French doctors will operate on a man under near-weightless conditions on Wednesday - a world first and what they hope will be a s...27 Sep, 2006, 12.13 AM IST
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