Russia Launches Live Animals on Two-Month Space Mission

Monday, July 21, 2014 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

A high-flying package of live animals, plant seeds, and materials samples shot into space Friday (July 18) aboard a retrievable Russian Foton satellite, launching a two-month mission focusing on microgravity research into biological and physical sciences.

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