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September 02, 2014

Chilly end for geckos sent into space by Russia
Moscow (AFP) Sept 01, 2014
Five geckos sent into orbit to test the effect of weightlessness on the small lizards' sex lives have all died, the Russian space agency said on Monday. The Foton-M4 satellite on which the geckos spent the past month and a half returned to earth as planned on Monday and the various species travelling aboard were removed. "Unfortunately all the geckos died," said the Roskosmos space agency in a brief statement. Interfax news agency later quoted an expert that worked on the mission as saying " ... read more

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