Animal Astronauts | Compilation

Humans aren't the only Earth-dwelling animals to face the final frontier. Our journey to the stars has been aided by a number of different animals both yesteryear and today!

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Why We Send Animals To Space

Could You Get Pregnant In Space?

The Surprising Benefits of Space Flies

[mizzshortie]

Poor puppies, I bet they were so scared and confused 🫤. Hope they fed and treated them well before and after the missions ♥️

[RobBulmahn]

I named my dog Laika in honor of that poor, brave dog who first ventured into space.

[ChronicKoff]

Your newest addition to the staff must experienced. Sounds confident & natural in line delivery.

[nHans]

I heard her last sentence as:
— _"No, spaceflight is required to become a patron."_
Though I'm pretty sure she meant the opposite:
— _"No spaceflight is required to become a patron."_

[jesserothhammer]

It's the middle of the night. I can't sleep and am a groggy, half awake, ball of meat. That "no space flight is required to be a Patreon" made me laugh, even in my uncomfortable state.

[jansenart]

WAIT. We're sending an ELEPHANT into space?!

[jefferyr.powell]

i miss seeing kateland on a regular basis

[jamesfry]

This just makes me think of that episode of the Simpson's with Homer at NASA where say about how space made primates super intelligent

[osmosisjones]

Maybe we need genetic modification to survive in space

[MajorHavoc]

All the comments I am seeing are reminding me of a cow trying to figure out what the new gate means.

[osmosisjones]

Vibrating shares would save a lot problems in accelerations . . Pressurized chambers or devices pumping blood for you

[FloozieOne]

Imagine if someone dropped one of those containers and flies escaped. Weightless flies everywhere and you can't use a swatter to kill them since gravity is so weak it would just shove them along a bit. Then those flies would have more flies and pretty soon the air would be thick with them and you can't spray poison in a space station. Well, I assume they are very very careful with those vials so this scenario should never happen but, remember, anything that can go wrong will go wrong eventually.

[jensonee]

space travel, that's what we have robots for.

[SotraEngine]

Crazy idea
What if one wrapped aluminum foils around the belly and groin of the astronauts?

[Paul_C]

Hold on, you put an elefant in space? Ich 🙃🙃😳

[joshuaharrison]

This is a damn shame, humans show our lack of humanity in the way we treat our fellows.

[lippydalips]

When I heard about the recent or launch coming up around the Moon which if successful will send Humans but said nothing about having animals or that I wondered if there just would be and they just don't broadcast it on the news?🤔🤔

[Wynadorn]

Yes but what about the non-astronaut humans

[PetrSojnek]

What do they actually mean by "micro gravity" ?

[AstyleW]

Lol! Space has a limited amount of "space".