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Bodies in Orbit

Moonstruck by DraftHouse Media

Apr 4, 201817:08Science & Medicine

Before there was Yuri, there was Laika. When the first human astronaut left Earth's atmosphere in 1961, both the American and Soviet space programs had spent years testing the environment with animal passengers. Now, as...

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