Bion 1
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Bion 1 was a Bion satellite
. It carried several dozen rats, six boxes of tortoise
s, a mushroom bed, four beetles, and living bacterial spores. It provided data on the reaction of mammal, reptile, insect, fungal, and bacterial forms to prolonged weightlessness.
NSSDC ID: 1973-083A http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1973-083A
Other Names:
Launch Date/Time: 1973-10-31 at 18:25:00 UTC
On-orbit Dry Mass: 5500 kg
Launch Date/Time: 1973-10-31 at 18:25:00 UTC
Launch Site/Country: Plesetsk
, U.S.S.R (now Russia)
Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation (Longer) Upper Stage
Bion (satellite)
The Bion satellites or Bion space program , also named Biocosmos, were a series of Soviet biosatellites. They were part of the Cosmos satellites....
. It carried several dozen rats, six boxes of tortoise
Tortoise
Tortoises are a family of land-dwelling reptiles of the order of turtles . Like their marine cousins, the sea turtles, tortoises are shielded from predators by a shell. The top part of the shell is the carapace, the underside is the plastron, and the two are connected by the bridge. The tortoise...
s, a mushroom bed, four beetles, and living bacterial spores. It provided data on the reaction of mammal, reptile, insect, fungal, and bacterial forms to prolonged weightlessness.
NSSDC ID: 1973-083A http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1973-083A
Other Names:
- Biocosmos 1
- Cosmos 605
- 06913
Launch Date/Time: 1973-10-31 at 18:25:00 UTC
On-orbit Dry Mass: 5500 kg
Launch Date/Time: 1973-10-31 at 18:25:00 UTC
Launch Site/Country: Plesetsk
Plesetsk
Plesetsk is an urban locality Plesetsk is an urban locality Plesetsk is an urban locality (a work settlement and the administrative center of Plesetsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, situated about northeast of Moscow and south of Arkhangelsk. Municipally, it is the administrative...
, U.S.S.R (now Russia)
Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation (Longer) Upper Stage