Bion-6 spacecraft on display

The Bion-6 spacecraft on display. Bion-6 was launched 14 December 1983, and carried monkeys named Abrek and Bion and several pregnant rats. It was the first U.S.S.R. orbital flight of a non-human primate. The Bion satellites were a series of biological capsules to investigate the influence of space flight on living organisms.