Russians send Basil to space

I found article to be very interesting. Baikonur space center run by Russians sent ten gerbils to Mars to study the physiological and biological effects of a long-term flight. They are doing this in order to blaze the way for a possible human mission. The rocket carrying these rodents was a Foton-M spaceship. Will they survive, who knows, but I think this is a job for Basil the great mouse detective.


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