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  2. Animals in space - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey, rode a Jupiter IRBM (scale model of rocket shown) into space in 1959. Landmarks for animals in space 1947: First animals in space (fruit flies) 1949: First primate and first mammal in space 1950: First mouse in space 1951: First dogs in space 1957: First ...

  3. Space farming - Wikipedia

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    Space farming refers to the cultivation of crops for food and other materials in space or on off-Earth celestial objects – equivalent to agriculture on Moon. Farming on celestial bodies, such as the Moon or Mars , shares many similarities with farming on a space station or space colony .

  4. Cow level - Wikipedia

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    The player character is confronted upon arrival by a large horde of armed anthropomorphic cows led by a boss character called the "Cow King". The cow level originated as a hoax about a secret level perpetrated by players of 1997's Diablo , and has been described as one of the most famous and well-known urban legends related to video gaming by ...

  5. Spawning - Wikipedia

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    The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the developing eyes. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning. The vast majority of aquatic and ...

  6. Safe mode in spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    Normal safe mode operation can sometimes be overridden. A spacecraft's ability to enter safe mode may be suppressed during crucial spacecraft operations (such as the orbit insertion maneuver of the Cassini spacecraft at Saturn), during which – if a critical failure were to occur – most, if not all, of the mission objectives would be lost anyway. [3]

  7. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    A cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are similarly sizzling or udderly amoosing.. Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual.

  8. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    The space vacuum did not much affect egg-laying in either R. coronifer or M. tardigradum, whereas UV radiation reduced egg-laying in M. tardigradum. [17] In 2011, tardigrades went on the International Space Station STS-134 , [ 18 ] showing that they could survive microgravity and cosmic radiation , [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and should be suitable model ...

  9. Chillingham cattle - Wikipedia

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    An on-site warden at the park leads small groups on foot to find the Chillingham cattle herd; on some days they are evident in one of the easily accessible meadows, while on rare occasions they can be difficult to find without a fair bit of walking, given the tangled woodlands and the amount of space they have for roaming.