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Did the US sacrifice any animals before they sent a human to space?

• boulos 4y ago
  Yes, mostly mice and primates. https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html https://history.nasa.gov/animals.html is a quick summary.
  • euroderf 4y ago
    IIRC Ham was a returning hero.
  • Retric 4y ago
    NASA also used quite a bit of Airforce research that used Bears: https://medium.com/@shermikeholmes88/why-the-u-s-air-force-ejected-bears-out-of-supersonic-jets-24763d79be80 https://medium.com/@shermikeholmes88/why-the-u-s-air-force-e...