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Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
Animals in Space From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle - Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Author: Colin Burgess, Chris Dubbs
Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also that the high-profile, precursory Mercury flights of chimps Ham and Enos were ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780387360539
ISBN-10: 0387360530
Publication Date: 1/24/2007
Pages: 406
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Paperback
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