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Space Animals has books on Ham the Chimp, dogs
like Laika, mice and other animals for kids and students. Check
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Fundamentals of Space Biology: Research on Cells,
Animals, and Plants in Space (Paperback) by Gilles
Clement (Editor), Klaus Slenzka (Series Editor) This
book is intended as an overview at an undergraduate or
early university level and describes the effects of
spaceflight at cellular and organism levels. Past,
current, and future research on the effects of gravity -
or its absence - and ionizing radiation on the evolution,
development, and function of living organisms is presented
in layman's terms by researchers who have been active in
this field. The purpose is to enlighten science and
non-science readers to the benefits of space biology
research for conducting basic and applied research to
support human exploration of space and to take advantage
of the space environment as a laboratory for scientific,
technological, and commercial research.
The first chapters present an overview of the major
focuses of space research in biology, as well as the
history and the list of animals and plants that have flown
in space to date. The following chapters describe the main
results of space studies in gravitational biology,
developmental biology, radiation biology, and
biotechnology. A background is given in each chapter, so
that a minimum of prior coursework in biology is necessary
for full comprehension. Each chapter also includes
perspectives for future research and a list of references.
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Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space
Shuttle by Colin Burgess (Author), Chris Dubbs
(Author) (January 2008)
Many
readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals
were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets
in the late 1940s. Laika, the Russian space dog was the
first canine to be launched into space, but also that the
high-profile, precursory Mercury flights of chimps Ham and
Enos were the only primate flights conducted by the United
States. In fact, both countries had sent literally dozens
of animals aloft for many years prior to these events and
continued to do so for many years after. Other latter-day
space nations, such as France and China, would also begin
to use animals in their own space research. Animals in
Space will explain why dogs, primates, mice and other
rodents were chosen and tested, at a time when dedicated
scientists from both space nations were determined to
establish the survivability of human subjects on both
ballistic and orbital space flights.
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From Laika With Love (Paperback) by Duane Graveline
(Author), Fred Kelly (Contributor) (May 2008) This book
reveals the extraordinary life and achievements of Duane
Graveline, MD, MPH. In 1957, while Graveline was studying
at Johns Hopkins University, the Soviet Union followed up
their stunning earlier achievement of launching the first
satellite into space by sending an instrumented research
dog named Laika into orbit aboard Sputnik 2.
Becoming a flight surgeon and conducting space medical
research was almost an inevitable career path for this
young doctor with stars in his eyes and he soon found
himself in our super-secret Foreign Technology Division as
an analyst for Soviet Bioastronautics.
During this time he was the flight surgeon who not only
reviewed Laika's biotelemetry, but later that of
cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov. His analysis
team broke out the secret bio-data monitor that enabled
the entire NASA tracking network to monitor the cosmonauts
on Voskhod 2, at a time when the Soviets had amassed 292
manned orbits to our 31.
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Laika (Paperback) by Nick
Abadzis (Author) (September 2007) Classic
dog-story themes such as loyalty serve as a backdrop for
this fictionalized account of Laika, the first living
creature launched into outer space. A charming and scruffy
little dog, Laika survives an uncaring master and life as
a stray before becoming part of the Russian space program
circa 1956, just as the Soviet Union had achieved a huge
victory over American competition. With a stilted
romanticism that doesn't fit the story's tone, Laika is
established as "a very special dog," but soon the focus of
the complex tale turns away from the dog to Yelena
Dubrovsky, the trainer responsible for preparing Laika and
the other dogs for the rigors of testing. Through
Dubrovsky, the progress of the program and the incredible
pressure on the scientists are given effective form. The
rough-hewn art, similar to the Joann Sfar's work on the
Dungeon books, makes the characters appear constantly
nervous and uncertain, lending immediacy to the
all-pervasive atmosphere of strict formality and enforced
patriotism. An extensive bibliography of sources is
appended. Karp, Jesse.
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Dogs in Space (Paperback) by
Nancy Coffelt For Ages 4-8
Dogs in Space is a picture-book fantasy that mixes
basic astronomical facts with toy like dogs who are
conveniently outfitted with rocket packs. It is likely to
amuse and possibly confuse children just learning about
our universe. But help lies at the end of the book where
three pages of information on the planets provide adults
with ready answers to children's questions.
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Space Dogs: Pioneers of Space Travel (Paperback) by
Chris Dubbs (March 2003)
Back when scientists knew nothing about space travel,
back when rockets were new, a group of Russian cosmonauts
rode rockets to the edge of space and into earth orbit.
These pioneer space travelers were dogs, space dogs of the
Soviet space program. For 15 years, space dogs occupied
the world stage, blazing trails as the first astronauts.
Their flights taught scientists how living beings reacted
to rocket travel and tested the equipment that would be
used for human space flight. The age of the space dog
extended from the first launch in 1951 until the final,
record-breaking dog flight in 1966. Some dogs won
world-wide fame. Most of them, however, worked and died in
obscurity. They were all pioneers of space travel. And no
one has ever told their story. Until now. Space Dogs
dramatizes the training of the dogs, the harrowing early
flights, the tragic accidents, the fame that came to the
program after the launch of Laika in Sputnik 2, and the
final flights leading up to the first manned flight. Space
Dogs includes never-before-published photos from the
archives of Novosti, the Russian News Agency.
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A Ball, a Dog, and a
Monkey: 1957 - The Space Race Begins by Michael
D'Antonio
 (September 2007)
The Soviet Union captured
the world's attention in November 1957 when it shot a
shaggy little mutt named Laika into space on Sputnik II,
which followed closely after Sputnik I, the first
satellite ever launched. A Ball, a Dog, and a
Monkey tells the remarkable story of America's first
efforts to succeed in space, a time of exploding rockets,
national space mania, Florida boomtowns and interservice
rivalries so fierce that President Dwight Eisenhower had
to referee them.
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Other
Space and Astronomy Books
Encyclopedia
of the Solar System, Second Edition (Hardcover)
From
Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk
Wonderful World of Space
(Disney Learning)
From
Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk,
Amazon.ca
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