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Animal AstronautsA listing of the animals that paved |
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Here is a list of all space shuttle missions that carried out life science experiments. The time period from 1983 to 2003 has been copied from Animals in Space by Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs. After the Columbia disaster, the Space Shuttle was used mainly to complete the construction of the International Space Station, but there were still some life science experiments. All Shuttle flights after 2003 have been researched using Wikipedia and may not be complete.
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August 30, 1983 STS-8 Columbia |
6 Lewis Wistar Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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February 3, 1984 STS-41-B Challenger |
6 Lewis Wistar Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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April 26, 1984 STS-41-C Challenger |
3,400 Western Honey Bees Apis mellifera |
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April 29, 1985 STS-51-B Spacelab-3 Challenger |
2 Squirrel Monkeys Saimiri sciureus  24 male albino rats Rattus norwegicus |
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Januar 28, 1986 STS-51-L  Challenger |
32 Chicken Eggs Gallus gallus domesticus |
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March 13, 1989 STS-29 Discovery |
4 Long-Evans Rats Rattus norwegicus 32 Chicken Eggs Gallus gallus domesticus |
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October 6, 1990 STS-41 Discovery |
16 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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June 5, 1991 STS-40 Spacelab SLS-1 Columbia |
29 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus 2500 Moon Jellyfish Aurelia aurita |
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September 12, 1991 STS-48 Discovery |
8 female albino rats Rattus norwegicus |
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September 12, 1992 STS-47 Spacelab J1 Endeavour |
2 Japanese Koi Cyprinus carpio 4 African Clawed Frog Xenopus laevis |
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October 22, 1992 STS-52 Spacelab USMP-1 Columbia |
12 male albino rats Rattus norwegicus |
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January 13, 1993 STS-54 Endeavour |
6 male albino rats Rattus norwegicus |
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April 8, 1993 STS-56 Spacelab ATLAS-2 Discovery |
16 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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June 21, 1993 STS-57 Endeavour |
12 Fisher-344 Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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October 18, 1993 STS-58 Spacelab SLS-2 Columbia |
16 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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February 3, 1994 STS-60 Discovery |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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March 4, 1994 STS-62 Spacelab USMP-2 Columbia |
12 Fisher-344 Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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July 8, 1994 STS-65 Spacelab IML-2 Columbia |
4 Japanese Fire Belly Newts Cynops pyrrhogaster 4 Medaka Fish Oryzias latipes Moon Jellyfish Aurelia aurita |
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November 3, 1994 STS-66 Spacelab ATLAS-3 Atlantis |
10 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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February 3, 1995 STS-63 Discovery |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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June 27, 1995 STS-71 Shuttle-Mir 1 Atlantis |
32 Quail Eggs Coturnix japonica |
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July 13, 1995 STS-70 Discovery |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus Tobacco Hornworms Manduca sexta |
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January 1, 1996 STS-72 Endeavour |
6 adult and 60 neonatal rats Rattus norwegicus |
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May 19, 1996 STS-77 Endeavour |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus Tobacco Hornworm pupa Manduca sexta |
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June 20, 1996 STS-78 Spacelab LMS Columbia |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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November 19, 1996 STS-80 Columbia |
12 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norwegicus |
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January 22, 1998 STS-89 Shuttle-Mir 8 Endeavour |
Freshwater Snails Biomphalaria glabrata |
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April 17, 1998 STS-90 Neurolab Columbia |
152 Rats Rattus norvegicus domesticus 18 Mice Mus musculus 135 Freshwater Snails Biomphalaria glabrata 4 Oister Toadfish Opsanus tau 229 Swordtail Fish Xiphophorus hellerii 1500 Crickets Acheta domesticus |
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July 23, 1999 STS-93 Columbia |
Fruit Fly Larvae Drosophila melanogaster 4 Ladybugs Coccinella septempunctata Painted Lady Caterpillars and Butterflies Vanessa cardui |
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October 29, 1998 STS-95 Discovery |
4 Oister Toadfish Opsanus tau |
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September 8, 2000 STS-106 Atlantis |
Fruit Fly Larvae Drosophila melanogaster |
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January 16, 2003 STS-107 Columbia |
13 Sprague-Dawley Rats Rattus norvegicus domesticus 4 Mrdaka Fish Eggs Opsanus tau Freshwater Snails Biomphalaria glabrata 8 Australian Orb Weavers Eriophora biapicata 3 Carpenter Bees Xylocopa violacea 15 Harvester Ants Pogonomyrmex spp. 5 Silkworms and 3 Cocoons Bombyx mori Fruit Flies Drosophila melanogaster Roundworms Caenorhabditis elegans |
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December 10, 2006 STS-116 Discovery |
Roundworms Caenorhabditis elegans |
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November 15, 2008 STS-126 Endeavour |
1 Furrow Spider Larinioides patagiatus 1 Labyrinth Orbweaver Metepeira labyrinthea Painted Lady Caterpillars Vanessa cardui Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars Danaus plexippus |
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May 16, 2011 STS-134 Endeavour |
2 Golden Orbweavers Nephila clavipes Tardigrade Milnesium tardigradum Roundworms Caenorhabditis elegans Variable Micro Organisms |
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The fourth part of our Animal Astronaut listing starts with the first animals carried on the Space Shuttle on August 30, 1983. It lists selected
Space Shuttle missions and all other biological missions that were not part of the Space Shuttle and/or ISS program. Space Shuttle and ISS experiments are listed separately. |
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