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Spacefarers.(Indicators)(Brief Article)

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Since space flight began in 1957, only a small number of nations have managed to push payloads out beyond Earth's atmosphere. Listed below are the top five launchers, in addition to machinery and humans, space has been entered by dogs, chimps, monkeys, tortoises (they preceded humans into lunar orbit), mice, rats, newts, frogs, and fish.

 
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