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Apollo 17 mice to test cosmic rays on deep space flight
Five pocket mice from Palm Springs, California will ride with Apollo 17 to serve as cosmic ray targets. They will be housed in small canisters, fed minimal rations, and their brains studied after splashdown to assess radiation effects and shielding needs for future missions.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Palm Springs
Calif
Space
Earth
Mars
United States
David Winter
National Aeronautic and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
California
Desert
Leeds
Winter
Astronaut Corps
Samoa