Spidernauts and Space Dogs

Animal spaceflights paved the way for the first human astronauts and today creatures big and small continue to space travel advancing our knowledge of how the zero-gravity environment impacts all beings and aiding research down on Earth. Supercluster.com’s Astronaut Database is a compellation of every human and creature with a spaceflight experience. Chief creative officer Jamie Carreiro joins the show this week to talk about how Supercluster compiled all the non-human space travelers which includes hundreds of fruit flies, 40 dogs, 30 primates, seven bats and one cat. This episode was inspired by Maureen Coral, a listener who wanted to know what happened to a spider after its journey to the International Space Station. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices