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Belka and Strelka on a 2010 stamp of Russia, released to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their spaceflight. Belka (Белка, literally, "squirrel", or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "arrow") were dogs that spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. 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 ...
They are also able to survive large doses of ionizing radiation and the vacuum of outer space. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] [ 3 ] Tardigrades are a valuable model organism for researching the possibility of life in space because of their exceptional ability to survive harsh environments, such as high radiation, desiccation, and extremely high temperatures.
Enos, the third great ape and only chimpanzee to orbit the Earth, being prepared for launch on Mercury-Atlas 5 (November 29, 1961) Able, who flew on the first two monkey space mission in May 1959, on display at the National Air and Space Museum Sam, a rhesus macaque, flew to an altitude of 88 km (55 mi) on December 4, 1959, on a NASA rocket, Little Joe 2
The animals are controlled by the use of radio signals. The electrodes do not move the animal directly, as if controlling a robot; rather, they signal a direction or action desired by the human operator and then stimulate the animal's reward centres if the animal complies. These are sometimes called bio-robots or robo-animals.
A creature similar to a Fox or a dog, but is officially a fictional species called a "GIMP" [66] [67] [68] Wizard: ImageMagick, a free and open-source cross-platform software suite for displaying, creating, converting, modifying, and editing raster images: A Wizard [69] Various Wombats: DATATRIEVE, being adopted as the mascot of its product ...
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A cyborg (/ ˈ s aɪ b ɔːr ɡ /) (also known as cybernetic organism, cyber-organism, cyber-organic being, cybernetically enhanced organism, cybernetically augmented organism, technorganic being, techno-organic being, or techno-organism)—a portmanteau of cybernetic and organism—is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.