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Why Were Fruit Flies the First Animal in Space?
3 minutes Posted Apr 20, 2018 at 2:00 am.
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In 1947, U.S. military scientists launched the very first Earth animals into space: fruit flies. But why these diminutive bugs in particular? Learn about their trip to the final fronteir in this episode of BrainStuff.

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