Information about Biosatellite

A biosatellite is an artificial satellite designed to carry life in space.

NASA also launched three satellites specifically named Biosatellite (1, 2 & 3) between 1966 and 1969.

Biosatellites include:

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satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.
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Outer space, sometimes simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace (and terrestrial locations).
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Bion satellites or Bion space program (Russian: Бион), also named Biocosmos, were a series of Soviet (later CIS) biosatellites. They were part of the Cosmos satellites.
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The Mars Gravity Biosatellite project is a joint venture of MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop a free-flying spacecraft for un-crewed research flights. The spacecraft is also home to the YourNameIntoSpace initiative, designed to give individuals and corporations
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Orbiting Frog Otolith (OFO) was a NASA space program which resulted in the successful launch in 1970 of the Orbiting Frog Otolith spacecraft (OFO-A mission), sending two bullfrogs into orbit for the study of weightlessness.
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Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight before manned space missions were attempted. Later, animals were flown to investigate various biological processes and the effects microgravity and space flight might have on them.
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