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Cetun t1_iyayyhg wrote

Reply to comment by DonUdo in TIL of Miss Baker, the first animal to survive being launched into space by the US and record holder for longest living Squirrel Monkey in captivity. Her tombstone routinely has one or more bananas on top. by TimelyConcern

I believe the Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, died of overheating several hours into the flight. Dozens of Soviet dogs and US monkeys died because their parachutes failed to deploy. In once instance a capsule that was supposed to be recovered malfunctioned on reentry and the Soviets opted to self destruct the capsule rather than have it land somewhere the west might recover it.

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