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How horses fly on planes
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this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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Fun fact: This was in fact a parabolic flight. NASA was trying to figure out how horses would behave on the ISS and if they can be used as emotional support animals for stressed out astronauts.
We'd better get a Space Cowboys movie out of this!
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Shoot out at the meo corral.
I cannot imagine the vet bill were that true.
Why...pray tell...would anyone want to know how horses would behave on the ISS? You couldn't even fit a horse in that thing!
Space stallions.