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Space pioneerMiss Baker,asquirrel monkey,rode aJupiter IRBM(scale model of rocket shown) into space in 1959.
Landmarks for animals in space

Animals in spaceoriginally served to test thesurvivabilityofspaceflight,beforehuman spaceflightswere attempted. Later, many species were flown to investigate various biological processes and the effectsmicrogravityand space flight might have on them.Bioastronauticsis an area ofbioengineeringresearch that spans the study and support of life inspace.To date, seven national space programs have flown non-human animals into space: the United States, Soviet Union, France, Argentina, China, Japan and Iran.

A wide variety of non-human animals have been launched into space, includingmonkeys and apes,dogs,cats,tortoises, mice, rats, rabbits, fish, frogs, spiders, insects, and quail eggs (which hatched onMirin 1990). The US launched the first Earthlings into space, withfruit flies surviving a 1947 flight,followed by primates in 1949. TheSoviet space programlaunchedmultiple dogs into space,with the firstsub-orbitalflights in 1951, and firstorbital flightsin 1957.[1]

Two tortoises and several varieties of plants were the first Earthlings to circle theMoonin September 1968 on theZond 5mission. In 1972, five mice nicknamedFe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooeyorbited the Moon a record 75 times aboardcommand moduleAmericaas part of theApollo 17mission (the most recent to put Earthlings in lunar orbit).

Background[edit]

Animals had been used in aeronautic exploration since 1783 when theMontgolfier brotherssent a sheep, a duck, and a rooster aloft in ahot air balloonto see if ground-dwelling animals can survive (the duck serving as theexperimental control). The limited supply of captured GermanV-2rockets led to the U.S. use of high-altitude balloon launches carrying fruit flies, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, cats, dogs, frogs, goldfish and monkeys to heights of up to 44,000 m (144,000 ft; 27 mi).[2]Thesehigh-altitude balloonflights from 1947 to 1960 testedradiation exposure,physiological response, life support and recovery systems. The U.S. high-altitude manned balloon flights occurred in the same time frame, one of which also carried fruit flies.

Timeline[edit]

Rocket taking off behind barn
V2 launch No. 47 carried the first mammal, arhesus monkeynamedAlbert II,into space on June 14, 1949.

1940s[edit]

Thefirst animals sent into spacewerefruit fliesaboard a U.S.-launchedV-2 rocketon 20 February 1947 fromWhite Sands Missile Range,New Mexico.[2][3][4][5]The purpose of the experiment was to explore the effects of radiation exposure at high altitudes. The rocket reached 109 km (68 mi) in 3 minutes 10 seconds, past both the U.S. Air Force 80 km (50 mi) and the international 100 kmdefinitions of the boundary of space. The Blossom capsule was ejected and successfully deployed its parachute. The fruit flies were recovered alive. Other V-2 missions carried biological samples, includingmoss.

Albert II,arhesus monkey,became thefirst monkey,first primate, and first mammal in space on 14 June 1949, in a U.S.-launched V-2, after the failure of the original Albert's mission on ascent.Albert Ireached only 48–63 km (30–39 mi) altitude; Albert II reached about 134 km (83 mi), and died on impact after a parachute failure.

Numerous monkeys of several species were flown by the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s. Monkeys were implanted with sensors to measure vital signs, and many were underanesthesiaduring launch. The death rate among these monkeys was very high: about two-thirds of all monkeys launched in the 1940s and 1950s died on missions or soon after landing.[6]

1950s[edit]

Animals In Rocket Flight,a 1953 US Air Force film featuring two mice and two monkeys in a 37-mile high subspace flight

On 31 August 1950, the U.S. launched amouseinto space (137 km) aboard a V-2 (the Albert V flight, which, unlike the Albert I-IV flights, did not have a monkey), however the animal died following descent because the parachute system failed.[7]The U.S. launched several other mice in the 1950s.

On 22 July 1951, the Soviet Union launched theR-1IIIA-1 flight, carrying thedogsTsygan (Russian:Цыган,"Gypsy" or "Țigan/Țagaur" in romani language) and Dezik (Russian:Дезик) into space, but not into orbit.[8]These two dogs were the first living higher organisms successfully recovered from a spaceflight.[8]Bothspace dogssurvived the flight, although Dezik would die on a subsequent flight. The U.S. launched mice aboard spacecraft later that year; however, they failed to reach the altitude for true spaceflight.

On 3 November 1957, the second-ever orbiting spacecraft carried the first animal into orbit, the dogLaika,[1]launched aboard the SovietSputnik 2spacecraft (nicknamed 'Muttnik' in the West). Laika died during the flight, as was expected because the technology to return spacecraft from orbit had not yet been developed.[1]At least 10 other dogs were launched into orbit andnumerous otherson sub-orbital flights before the historic date of 12 April 1961, whenYuri Gagarinbecame the first human in space.

On 13 December 1958, aJupiter IRBM,AM-13, was launched fromCape Canaveral,Florida, with aUnited States Navy-trained South Americansquirrel monkeynamedGordoon board. The nose cone recovery parachute failed to operate and Gordo was lost.Telemetrydata sent back during the flight showed that the monkey survived the 10gof launch, 8 minutes of weightlessness and 40gof reentry at 16,000 km/h (4,400 m/s; 9,900 mph). The nose cone sank 1,302 nautical miles (2,411 km) downrange from Cape Canaveral and was not recovered.

MonkeysMiss Able andMiss Bakerbecame the first monkeys to survive spaceflight after their 1959 flight. On 28 May 1959, aboardJupiter IRBMAM-18, were a 3 kg (7 lb) American-bornrhesus monkey,Able, from Independence, Kansas, and a 310 g (11 oz)squirrel monkeyfrom Peru, Baker. The monkeys rode in the nose cone of the missile to an altitude of 579 km (360 mi) and a distance of 2,735 km (1,699 mi) down the Atlantic Missile Range from Cape Canaveral, Florida. They withstood forces 38 times the normal pull of gravity and were weightless for about 9 minutes. A top speed of 16,000 km/h (4,400 m/s; 9,900 mph) was reached during their 16-minute flight. The monkeys survived the flight in good condition. Able died four days after the flight from a reaction to anesthesia, while undergoing surgery to remove an infected medical electrode. Baker was the center of media attention for the next several months as she was watched closely for any ill-effects from her space flight. She was even mated in an attempt to test her reproductive system.[9]Baker lived until 29 November 1984, at theU.S. Space and Rocket CenterinHuntsville, Alabama.

On 2 July 1959, a launch of a Soviet R2 rocket, which reached 212 kilometres (132 mi), carried two space dogs and Marfusha, the first rabbit to go into space.[2]

A 19 September 1959 launch, a Jupiter AM-23, carried two frogs and 12 mice but was destroyed during launch.[2]

On 4 December 1959, a rhesus macaque Sam flew on theLittle Joe 2mission ofProject Mercuryto an altitude of 85 km (53 mi).[2]

1960s[edit]

During the 29 November 1961, NASAMercury-Atlas 5flight,Enosbecame the only chimpanzee, and third primate, to orbit the Earth.
Ham,the first great ape in space, being given a physical examination in 1961

On 19 August 1960 the Soviet Union launchedSputnik 5(also known as Korabl-Sputnik 2) which carried the dogsBelka and Strelka,along with a gray rabbit, 40 mice, 2 rats, and 15 flasks of fruit flies and plants.[10]It was the first spacecraft to carry animals into orbit and return them alive.[11]One of Strelka's pups, Pushinka, bred and born after her mission, was given as a present toCaroline KennedybyNikita Khrushchevin 1961, and many descendants are known to exist.[12]

The US sent three black mice: Sally, Amy and Moe 1,000 km up and 8,000 km distance from Cape Canaveral on 13 October 1960 using an Atlas D 71D launch vehicle. The mice were retrieved from the nosecone near Ascension Island and were said to be in good condition.[13]

On 31 January 1961,Ham,a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in aMercurycapsule aboard aRedstone rocketto become the firstgreat apein space. Ham's mission wasMercury-Redstone 2.The chimpanzee had been trained to pull levers to receive rewards of banana pellets and avoid electric shocks.[14]His flight demonstrated the ability to perform tasks during spaceflight. A little over three months later the United States sentAlan Shepardinto space on a suborbital flight.

Enosbecame the first and only chimpanzee to reach Earth orbit when, on 29 November 1961, he flew two orbits in a Mercury capsule on theMercury-Atlas 5mission. Two months laterProject MercurypilotJohn Glennorbited the Earth.

On 9 March 1961 the Soviet Union launched theKorabl-Sputnik 4that carried a dog namedChernushka,some mice,frogsand, for the first time into space, aguinea pig.[15]All were successfully recovered.

France flew their firstrat(Hector) into space on 22 February 1961. Two more rats were flown in October 1962.[16]

On 18 October 1963, France launchedFélicettethe cat aboard Veronique AGI sounding rocket No. 47. The launch was directed by the French Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherches de Médecine Aéronautique (CERMA). Félicette was recovered alive after a 15-minute flight and a descent by parachute. Félicette had electrodes implanted into her brain, and the recorded neural impulses were transmitted back to Earth. After two months of analysis, she was euthanized so an autopsy could be performed.[17]On 18 December 2019 a bronze statue with the effigy of Félicette was inaugurated at the "Université internationalle de l'espace" inStrasbourg,France. A second cat was sent to space by CERMA on 24 October 1963, but the flight ran into difficulties that prevented recovery.[18]In 1967, France launched two pig-tailed macaque monkeys into suborbital space.[19]

China launched mice and rats in 1964 and 1965, and two dogs in 1966.[20]

During theVoskhod program,two Soviet space dogs, Veterok (Ветерок, Little Wind) and Ugolyok (Уголёк, Blackie), were launched on 22 February 1966, on boardCosmos 110and spent 22 days in orbit before landing on 16 March. This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans untilSoyuz 11in 1971 and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.[citation needed]

The US launched Biosatellite I in 1966 and Biosatellite I/II in 1967 with fruit flies,parasitic wasps,flour beetlesand frog eggs, along withbacteria,amoebae,plants andfungi.[21]

On 11 April 1967, Argentina also launched the rat Belisario, atop a Yarará rocket,[22][self-published source?]from Cordoba military range, which was recovered successfully. This flight was followed by a series of subsequent flights using rats.[23]It is unclear if any Argentinean biological flights passed the 100 km limit of space.

The first animals in deep space, the first to circle the Moon, and the first twotortoisesin space were launched onZond 5on 14 September 1968 by the Soviet Union. TheHorsfield's tortoiseswere sent on acircumlunar voyageto the Moon along withwine flies,meal worms,and other biological specimens. These were the first inhabitants of Earth to travel around the Moon. The capsule overshot its terrestrial landing site but was successfully recovered at sea on 21 September. The animals survived but had some weight loss. More turtles followed on the circumlunarZond 6mission of November 1968 (ahead of the December U.S. crewedApollo 8mission) and four turtles flew on the circumlunarZond 7mission which flew around the Moon on August 11, 1969, three weeks afterApollo 11's Moon walk.[24]

On 28 June 1969, the US launched the monkey Bonny, a macaque, onBiosatellite 3in what was intended to have been a 30-day orbit around the Earth, with the monkey being fed by food pellets from a dispenser that he had been trained to operate. Bonny's health deteriorated rapidly and he was returned to Earth on 7 July,[25]but died the next day after the Biosatellite capsule was recovered in the Pacific Ocean.[26]

In total in the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet Union launched missions with at least 57 passenger slots for dogs. The actual number of dogs in space is smaller, because some dogs flew more than once.

On 23 December 1969, as part of the 'Operación Navidad' (Operation Christmas), Argentina launched Juan (acai monkey,native of Argentina's Misiones Province) using aCanopus IIrocket.[27]It ascended 82 kilometers[28]and then was recovered successfully. Later, on 1 February 1970 the experience was repeated with a female monkey of the same species using a X-1 Panther rocket. It reached a higher altitude than its predecessor, but it was lost after the capsule's parachute failed.

1970s[edit]

Firstspider web built in space(duringSkylab 3,1973)

Twobullfrogswere launched on a one-way mission on theOrbiting Frog Otolith satelliteon 9 November 1970, to understand more about space motion sickness.

Apollo 16,launched on 16 April 1972, carriednematodes.Apollo 17,launched on 7 December 1972, carried fivepocket mice,Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey,who stayed in the command module with astronautRonald Evansas it circled the Moon for six days. One of the mice died on the trip.[29]

Skylab 3(1973) carried pocket mice and the firstfishin space (amummichog), and the firstspidersin space (garden spidersnamedArabella and Anita). Mummichog were also flown by the U.S. on theApollo–Soyuzjoint mission, launched 15 July 1975.

The Soviets flew severalBion programmissions which consisted of satellites with biological cargoes. On these launches they flew tortoises, rats, and mummichog. OnSoyuz 20,launched 17 November 1975, tortoises set the duration record for an animal in space when they spent 90.5 days in space.Salyut 5on 22 June 1976, carried tortoises and a fish (azebra danio).

1980s[edit]

The Soviet Union sent eight monkeys into space in the 1980s on Bion flights. Bion flights also flew zebra danio, fruit flies, rats, stick insect eggs and the firstnewtsin space.

In 1985, the U.S. sent twosquirrel monkeysaboardSpacelab 3on theSpace Shuttlewith 24 male albinoratsandstick insecteggs.

Bion 7(1985) had 10 newts (Pleurodeles waltl) on board. The newts had part of their front limbs amputated, to study the rate ofregenerationin space, knowledge to understand human recovery from space injuries.

After an experiment was lost in theSpace ShuttleChallengerdisaster,chickenembryos (fertilized eggs) were sent into space in an experiment onSTS-29in 1989. The experiment was designed for a student contest.

1990s[edit]

AstronautDonald Thomasexamines anewton theSpace ShuttleColumbiaduring a1994 mission

Four monkeys flew aboard the last Bion flights of the Soviet Union as well as frogs and fruit flies. TheFoton programflights carried dormantbrine shrimp(Artemia franciscana), newts, fruit flies, and sand desert beetles (Trigonoscelis gigas).[30][31]

China launchedguinea pigsin 1990.[32]

Toyohiro Akiyama,a Japanese journalist, carriedJapanese tree frogswith him during his trip to theMirspace station in December 1990. Other biological experiments aboard Mir involvedquaileggs.

Japan launched its first animals, a species of newt, into space on 18 March 1995 aboard theSpace Flyer Unit.

During the 1990s the U.S. carriedcrickets,mice, rats, frogs, newts, fruit flies,snails,carp,medaka(rice fish),oyster toadfish,sea urchins,swordtail fish,spongy motheggs, stick insect eggs,brine shrimp(Artemia salina), quail eggs, andjellyfishaboardSpace Shuttles.

2000s[edit]

Thelast flight ofColumbiain 2003carriedsilkworms,garden orb spiders,carpenter bees,harvester ants,andJapanese killifish(medaka).Nematodes(C. elegans) from one experiment were found still alive in the debris after theSpace ShuttleColumbiadisaster.[33]

C. elegansare also part of experiments aboard theInternational Space Stationas well as research usingquaileggs.

Earlier Space Shuttle missions included grade school, junior high and high school projects; some of these includedants,stick insecteggs andbrine shrimpcysts. Other science missions includedspongy motheggs.

On 12 July 2006,Bigelow Aerospacelaunched theirGenesis Iinflatable space module, containing many small items such as toys and simple experiments chosen by company employees that would be observed via camera. These items included insects, perhaps making it the first private flight to launch animals into space. Included wereMadagascar hissing cockroachesandMexican jumping beans— seeds containing live larvae of the mothCydia saltitans.[34]On 28 June 2007, Bigelow launchedGenesis II,a near-twin toGenesis I.This spacecraft also carried Madagascar hissing cockroaches and added South African flat rock scorpions (Hadogenes troglodytes) andseed-harvester ants(Pogonomyrmex californicus).[35]

In September 2007, during theEuropean Space Agency'sFOTON-M3mission,tardigrades,also known as water-bears, were able to survive 10 days of exposure to open-space with only their natural protection.[36][37]

On the same mission, a number of cockroaches were carried inside a sealed container and at least one of the females conceived during the mission. After they were returned to Earth, the one namedNadezhdabecame the first Earth creature to produce young that had been conceived in space.[38]

On 15 March 2009, during the countdown of theSTS-119,afree-tailed batwas seen clinging to the fuel tank.NASAobservers believed the bat would fly off once the Shuttle started to launch, but it did not. Upon analyzing the images, a wildlife expert who provided support to the center said it likely had a broken left wing and some problem with its right shoulder or wrist. The animal most likely perished quickly duringDiscovery's climb into orbit.[39]

In November 2009,STS-129tookpainted ladyandmonarch butterflylarvae into space for a school experiment as well as thousands ofC. elegansroundworms for long-term weight loss studies.

2010s[edit]

In May 2011, the last flight ofSpace ShuttleEndeavour(STS-134) carried twogolden orb spiders,named Gladys and Esmeralda, as well as a fruit fly colony as their food source in order to study the effects of microgravity on spiders' behavior.[40][41]Tardigrades and extremophiles were also sent into orbit.[42][43][44]

In November 2011, theLiving Interplanetary Flight Experimenton theFobos-Gruntmission planned to carrytardigradesto Mars and back; however, the mission failed to leave Earth orbit.

In October 2012, 32 medaka fish were delivered to theInternational Space StationbySoyuz TMA-06Mfor the new Aquatic Habitat in theKibo module.

On 28 January 2013, Iranian news agencies reported that Iran sent a monkey in a "Pishgam"rocket to a height of 116 km (72 mi) and retrieved a" shipment ". Later Iran's space research website uploaded an 18-minute video.[45]The video was uploaded later on YouTube.[46]

On 3 February 2013, on the 31st anniversary of its revolution,Iranbecame the latest country to launch animals into space. The animals (a mouse, twoturtlesand some worms) were launched on top of theKavoshgar 3rocket and returned alive to Earth.[47][48]

In January 2014, the search strategies ofpavement antswere studied on the ISS.[49][50]

On 19 July 2014, Russia announced that they launched their Foton-M4 satellite into low Earth orbit (575 kilometers) with one male and four female geckos (possiblygold dust day geckos) as the payload. This was an effort to study the effects of microgravity on reproductive habits of reptiles.[51]On 24 July 2014, it was announced that Russia had lost control of the Foton-M4 satellite, leaving only two months to restore contact before the geckos' food supply was exhausted.[52]Control of the satellite was subsequently restored on 28 July 2014.[53]On 1 September 2014 Russia confirmed the death of all five geckos, stating that their mummified bodies seem to indicate they froze to death. Russia is said to have appointed an emergency commission to investigate the animals' deaths.[54]

On 23 September 2014,SpaceX CRS-4mission delivered 20 mice to live on the ISS for study of the long-term effects of microgravity on the rodents. This was the first use of theRodent Research Hardware System.[55]

On 14 April 2015, theSpaceX CRS-6delivered 20C57BL/6NTACmice to live on the ISS for evaluating microgravity as the extreme opposite of a healthy active lifestyle. In the absence of gravity, astronauts are subject to a decrease in muscle, bone, and tendon mass. "Although, we're not out to treat couch potatoes," states head Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (NIBR) scientist on the project Dr. Sam Cadena, "we're hoping that these experiments will help us to better understand muscle loss in populations where physical activity in any form is not an option; e.g., in the frail elderly or those subjected to bed rest or immobilization due to surgery or chronic disease."[56]

On 8 April 2016, Rodent Research 3 delivered 20 mice onSpaceX CRS-8.The experiment sponsored by Eli Lilly and Co. was a study of myostatin inhibition for the prevention ofskeletalandmuscleatrophy and weakness. Mice are known to have rapid loss of muscle and bone mass after as little as 12 days of space flight exposure. The mice were euthanized and dissected on the station and then frozen for eventual return to Earth for further study.[57]

On 29 June 2018, aSpaceX Dragonspaceship blasted off from Florida carrying 20 mice. The rodent crew arrived at theISSon 2 July 2018. Their record-breaking journey – this was the longest mice have been off the planet – was part of a study on how Earth-dwellers' physiology and sleep schedules responded to the stress of being in space.[58]

The Chinese lunar landerChang'e 4carries a 3 kg sealed container with seeds and insect eggs to test whether plants and insects could hatch and grow together in synergy.[59]The experiment includes six types of organisms:[60][61]cottonseed,potato,rapeseed,Arabidopsis thaliana(a flowering plant), as well as yeast andfruit flyeggs. If the eggs hatch, the larvae would produce carbon dioxide, while the germinated plants would release oxygen throughphotosynthesis.[citation needed]A miniature camera is imaging the growth.[60]

On 11 April 2019, the Israeli spacecraftBeresheetcrashed into the Moon during a failed landing attempt.[62]Its payload included a few thousandtardigrades.They could potentiallysurvive on the lunar surfacefor some years, although it is unclear if they survived the impact.[63]

2020s[edit]

On 3 June 2021,SpaceX CRS-22launchedtardigrades(water bears) andHawaiian bobtail squidto the ISS. The squid were launched as hatchlings and will be studied to see if they can incorporate their symbiotic bacteria into their light organ while in space.[64]

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Further reading[edit]

  • McDowell, Jonathan (26 January 2000)."The History of Spaceflight: Nonhuman astronauts".The History of Spaceflight.Archivedfrom the original on 2 February 2008.Retrieved31 January2008.
  • Caswell, Kurt. 2018.Laika's window: The legacy of a Soviet space dog.San Antonio: Trinity University Press.
  • L. W. Fraser and E. H. Siegler, High Altitude Research Using the V-2 Rocket, March 1946 – April 1947 (Johns Hopkins University, Bumblebee Series Report No. 8, July 1948), p. 90.
  • Kenneth W. Gatland,Development of the Guided Missile(London and New York, 1952), p. 188
  • Capt. David G. Simons, Use of V-2 Rocket to Convey Primate to Upper Atmosphere (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, AF Technical Report 5821, May 1949), p. 1.
  • Lloyd Mallan,Men, Rockets, and Space Rats(New York, 1955), pp. 84–93.
  • Henry, James P.; et al. (1952). "Animal Studies of the Subgravity State during Rocket Flight".Journal of Aviation Medicine.23(5): 421–432.PMID12990569.

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