First off the dog's name is spudnick 2 and he was put into orbit in the year of 1957.
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A Russian dog, Laika was the first animal in space, in Sputnik 2 in 1957
November 3, 1957
1957. Search wikipedia under Laika.
US didn't send Laika into space, the Soviets AKA the Russians AKA USSR did.
LAIKA was the first dog to go out of the space
In 1958, less than a year after placing Sputnik-1 in orbit, the Soviet Union orbited the dog named "Laika".
No dog was sent into space in 1997
The first dog in space was named Laika
They sent the dog named laika into space on Nov.3 1957 it was a russian dog
The Soviet space dog, Laika, went out into space on November 3rd, 1957.