How Did Two Tortoises Beat Apollo to the Moon?

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How Did Two Tortoises Beat Apollo to the Moon?

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The Apollo space mission brought the first humans to the Moon -- but two tortoises from Russia were the first vertebrates to orbit Earth's satellite. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/space-tortoises.htm
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