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Tuesday, December 15, 2020
CONTINUITY: 1966—NASA Strands Ten Million Living Organisms in Earth Orbit
Launched #OTD in 1966, Biosatellite 1 carried more than 10-million tiny living organisms into space to study the effects of the space environment on life processes. Unfortunately, the vehicle's reentry rocket failed, leaving the capsule and valuable data stranded in orbit. pic.twitter.com/hlcxLTHVzL
— NASA History Office (@NASAhistory) December 15, 2020
Me no Laika.
Posted at December 15, 2020 00:16