The Soviet Union launched fruit flies into space in 1947. I did not know that until today. Since then, we've sent many living species up into space for exploration and experimental purposes, and eight of those were mammals. Can you name them all in two minutes? You don't have to know their personal names, just what kind of mammal they were, in today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I only missed one. Link
The Soviet Union launched fruit flies into space in 1947. I did not know that until today. Since then, we've sent many living species up into space for exploration and experimental purposes, and eight of those were mammals. Can you name them all in two minutes? You don't have to know their personal names, just what kind of mammal they were, in today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I only missed one. Link
Entitled "Laika", this song was originally sung in Japanese by the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, while this link is to an English language cover. It seems to complement another sad song called "Kudryavka" at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4FnT-f0KKo