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PIONEERS: ANIMALS WERE OUR FIRST SPACE TRAVELERS, CLEARING THE WAY FOR ASTRONAUTS WHO BECAME FAMOUS-AND FOR LESSER KNOWN HEROES
- Source :
- National Geographic. July, 2019, Vol. 236 Issue 1, p49, 4 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong--the first wave of space travelers--were military-trained astronauts thought to have the 'right stuff' for risky missions. But early spaceflight wasn't the exclusive [...]
- Subjects :
- Space flight -- History -- Demographic aspects
Astronauts -- Practice -- Demographic aspects
Animals -- Social aspects
Space missions -- History -- Demographic aspects
Travelers
Fruit flies (Tephritidae)
Anthropology/archeology/folklore
Environmental issues
General interest
Geography
History
Zoology and wildlife conservation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00279358
- Volume :
- 236
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- National Geographic
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.596104060