Russia’s bizarre ‘Noah’s Ark’ satellite that took 1,500 animals into SPACE crash lands back on Earth… with mixed results

A BIZARRE Russian satellite that carried more than 1,500 animals into space has landed back on earth.

Dubbed "Noah's Ark", the capsule blasted mice, flies and various plants and micro-organisms into orbit in a major experiment.

It was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on August 20 for a month-long journey into orbit.

The satellite was send soaring into space on a Soyuz rocket before journeying on a pole-to-pole orbit for 30 days.

Actually named the Bion-M No. 2, the capsule crashed back down to earth on September 19 in the steppes of the Orenburg region of Russia .

Its Biblical nickname comes from the sheer number of living creatures it held on board.

As many as 75 mice and more than 1,500 flies were among the space "Ark's" many passengers .

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