NASA’s Most Adorable Model Spaceships

Top Image: NASA’s Biosatellite program sent three capsules into orbit with various plants and organisms to study the effects of space on living things. This model from around 1968 is of the third launch, which put a pig-tailed monkey named Bonnie into orbit. The model monkey in the image above looks a lot happier than Bonnie probably was — the month-long mission was shortened to nine days when Bonnie’s health started to suffer.

The list of NASA’s accomplishments is long and impressive, which is probably why one of its most remarkable feats is so often overlooked: the extreme cuteness of its scale models.

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Source: Wired

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