Launched September 14, 1968, the Soviet spacecraft Zond 5 carrying two tortoises, mealworms, wine flies, plants and a partridge in a pear tree (okay, I made that last one up), landed September 22, becoming the first time living creatures went to the moon and back safely.
Zond 5 was supposed to return to Kazakhstan but due to an error, it landed in the Indian Ocean. It was recovered 4 days later. The tortoises had lost about 10% of their body weight but other than that, they were fine.
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