Cosmonewts Come Home After Russians Send Animals To Space
45 mice , 15 newts , eight gerbils and a handful of snailsreturnedto Earth today after a month in space in a Russian capsule . The Bion - M complete a parachute - assisted landing place about 750 miles southeast of Moscow , and researchers at once define up a mobile research laboratory near the ejector seat to begin tests on the animal . allot to the Associated Foreign Press , it was necessary for the critter to have their own capsule because they would have “ posed a health risk ” if they had been on the ISS ....