With the final lift-off in Nasa’s space shuttle programme only hours away, weather permitting, people across the world are turning their attention to what has been a remarkable 30 years. Most of the focus is be on the scientific achievements and tragic loss of 14 lives in the Challenger and Columbia disasters.
But it wasn’t just human astronauts who boarded the shuttles. Many different animals have gone along for the ride too, to help mankind discover how life can adapt, or not, in space.
Among those to have made the journey are jellyfish, rats, frogs, tadpoles and honeybees.
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