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  2. Animals in space - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, rode a Jupiter IRBM (scale model of rocket shown) into space in 1959. Landmarks for animals in space 1947: First animals in space (fruit flies) 1949: First primate and first mammal in space 1950: First mouse in space 1951: First dogs in space 1957: First ...

  3. 1996 in science - Wikipedia

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    July 5 – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell, is born at The Roslin Institute in Scotland. [8]August 6 – NASA announces that the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite thought to originate from Mars, may contain evidence of primitive life-forms; [9] further tests are inconclusive.

  4. The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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    Examines the definition of animals, from the historical definitions derived from observation (e.g. Aristotle), to modern phylogenetic relationships. The book argues that a purely phylogenetic definition of what is an animal cannot be sufficient for classifying alien life. 4. Movement – Scuttling and Gliding Across Space

  5. 1996 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    Member of the Space Surveillance Network: 24 April 13:00 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Site 132/1 Kosmos 2332 (Taifun) MO RF Low Earth Radar calibration: 28 January 2005: Successful 24 April 23:37 Titan IVA (401)/Centaur: Cape Canaveral LC-41: Lockheed Martin: USA-118 NRO: Geosynchronous ELINT: In orbit: Operational 30 April 04:31 Atlas I: Cape Canaveral ...

  6. Space animal hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, Austrian occultist Zoe Wassilko-Serecki argued that the saucers were ionospheric animals. [16] [1] Her writings, in turn, influenced Ivan T. Sanderson who became the "most eminent advocate" of the space animal idea. [1] [17] [18] In 1967, Sanderson authored a book on the topic: Uninvited Visitors: A Biologist Looks at UFOs.

  7. Ancient penguins were giant animals for 30 million years ...

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    This size increase appears to have started soon after they became flightless, according to the paper, with giant species existing for at least 30 million years, from the mid-Paleocene to the late ...

  8. Category:1996 in outer space - Wikipedia

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    Category: 1996 in outer space. 8 languages. ... Astronomical objects discovered in 1996 (1 C, 967 P) S. 1996 in spaceflight (2 C, ...

  9. Pale Blue Dot (book) - Wikipedia

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    It is the sequel to Sagan's 1980 book Cosmos and was inspired by the famous 1990 Pale Blue Dot photograph, for which Sagan provides a poignant description. In the book, Sagan mixes philosophy about the human place in the universe with a description of the current knowledge about the Solar System. He also details a human vision for the future. [1]