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# Pigs In Space
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/pigs-in-space/
- Published: 1998-04-24T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-06T22:50:53.000Z
- Description: The space shuttle Columbia blasted off last Friday, with a crew of seven and a menagerie of creatures aboard, on a mission to…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: SEEDS, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

The space shuttle Columbia blasted off last Friday, with a crew of seven and a menagerie of creatures aboard, on a mission to probe the inner workings of the human brain and nervous system. The winged spaceship, the oldest of NASA's four shuttles, rocketed off its Florida launch pad at 2:19 p.m. ET, a day later than planned due to a communications glitch. The shuttle crew and more than 2,000 creatures, including rats, mice, swordtail fish, crickets and snails, were to serve as test subjects for a $99 million research program to understand the effects of space travel on the nervous system.   
  
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