5 bizarre things that have been sent into space

From the minute they started sending humans into space, parafernalhas authorized and unauthorized went with them. Even spacecraft unmanned towed oddities to the far reaches of our solar system. Here are some items that have reached where most of us will never pass.

The Space Race was a competition that took place in the 20th century between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in space flight. It had its origins in the nuclear arms race. The technological superiority necessary for such supremacy was seen as necessary for the national security of countries.

The space race has generated pioneering efforts to launch artificial satellites, unmanned probes to the Moon, Venus and Mars and manned space flight in low Earth orbit and the Moon. The competition began on 2 August 1955, when the Soviet Union responded the US announcement to launch satellites for the International Geophysical Year.

The Space Race has left a legacy in the field of communications, meteorology and evolution of the exploration of the universe. It also caused increases in spending on education, research and development. Know what has been taken into space.


pornography


When NASA sent the Apollo 12 to the Moon in November 1969, the reserve crew did a play on the main astronauts. After landing module land at Oceanus Procellarum, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean walked on the lunar surface. When they opened the checklists they were surprised to discover a Playboy there.


Star Wars Lightsaber


During the shuttle program, each mission carried a Flight Officer Kit where personal items were placed. The items were often chosen so that they could later be given as gifts. When the space shuttle Discovery took off in October 2007 for a two-week mission. 102 items were placed in the kit. Seventy-six of these items belonged to crew members. Each crew member could take up to 1 kg of paraphernalia.

An item placed on the STS-120 kit was a lightsaber used by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. The lightsaber spent the entire flight in a Styrofoam box. Almost every item in the kit never leave their storage location during the mission.

promotional ads


Manned flights have a difficult partnership with advertising. When Apollo 11 landed on the moon in July 1969, 94 percent of American TVs were tuned to the broadcast. This was a show that no one could possibly pass up.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi cans developed that could be used in zero gravity. The companies also changed their formula to make it easier to drink to drink and keep the stomach in zero gravity. Finally, the space shuttle Challenger was put into orbit in 1985 with four cans of soda each. The crew of five tested the drinks and hated the new formulas.


Firearms

Since 1986, all Soviet and Russian space missions carrying a gun barrel triple TP-82. The gun can shoot bullets or flares. It was not to be used against suspected alien enemies, but against Siberian wolves or wild animals that can attack after a crash landing at another location.

In 1968, a survival kit was developed for all Soviet space missions and included a Markov pistol. The Markov was replaced by PT-82, and 2006, TP-82 was replaced by a semi-automatic pistol. And, yes, the automatics are still part of Russian survival kits, and this means that the cosmonauts occupying the International Space Station are


hamburger


In 2012, five students of Harvard launched an old hamburger into space. He came back to earth and landed on top of a tree at 130 miles from the launch site.