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Author	Topic: Dinosaur bones flown in space (Blue Origin)
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 46353 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 05-20-2021 06:00 PM collectSPACE Blue Origin launches dinosaur bones into space for 'Dream Big' initiative Blue Origin has launched pieces of the past for its Club for the Future. Jeff Bezos' commercial spaceflight company recently sent dinosaur bones into space to support its non-profit's Dream Big Alabama initiative and the Huntsville Science Festival. The fossil fragments, each 65 to 70 million years old, lifted off in April on the 15th and last test flight before Blue Origin plans to start flying people aboard its New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle.
dom Member Posts: 926 From: Registered: Aug 2001	posted 05-31-2021 07:31 AM First dinosaur in space since the "big one" hit 75 million years ago...
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 46353 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 05-31-2021 10:38 AM Actually, as the article notes, the Dromaeosaurus is the fourth dinosaur (or part of a dinosaur) to fly into space. Bones from a baby Maiasaura and a Coelophysis flew on the space shuttle and part of a Tyrannosaurus Rex flew aboard the Orion Exploration Flight Test.
dom Member Posts: 926 From: Registered: Aug 2001	posted 05-31-2021 01:50 PM I jest, but thanks for correcting me Robert!

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