FIRST PIG IN SPACE

MAURICE THE PIG became the first and only pig to travel to space and survive on October 18, 1983. Launched by the Canadian Space Program, the shit stained pink porker reached an altitude of 154 km on a suborbital flight and returned safely via parachute 3 days later pic.twitter.com/Tx0beA5jNn

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MAURICE THE PIG became the first and only pig to travel to space and survive on October 18, 1983. Launched by the Canadian Space Program, the shit stained pink pink reached an altitude of 154 km on a suborbital flight and returned safely via parachute 13 minutes later