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Science Gone WrongJun 20, 2026

The Lost Astronaut Mice

The Lost Astronaut Mice September 1959. The US Navy strapped 14 mice into a Jupiter rocket. The rocket was destroyed after liftoff. The capsule fell into the Atlantic. The Navy searched. They were never found.

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