Editing Animals in space (section)

=== 1980s ===
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The Soviet Union sent eight monkeys into space in the 1980s on Bion flights. Bion flights also flew zebra danio, fruit flies, rats, stick insect eggs and the first [[Iberian ribbed newt|newts]] in space.

In 1985, the U.S. sent two [[squirrel monkeys]] aboard [[STS-51B|Spacelab 3]] on the [[Space Shuttle]] with 24 male albino [[Rattus norvegicus|rats]] and [[stick insect]] eggs.

[[Bion 7]] (1985) had 10 newts (''[[Pleurodeles waltl]]'') on board. The newts had part of their front limbs amputated, to study the rate of [[Regeneration (biology)|regeneration]] in space, knowledge to understand human recovery from space injuries.

After an experiment was lost in the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]], [[chicken]] embryos (fertilized eggs) were sent into space in an experiment on [[STS-29]] in 1989. The experiment was designed for a student contest.