They sent a monkey into space named Albert on June 11, 1948
A Russian dog, Laika was the first animal in space, in Sputnik 2 in 1957
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
Monkey
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a russian dog and the first animal to orbit the earth ( first animal to go on the moon ) * * * * * Laika (Lyka?) did not go to the moon.
Spiders. They were also the first to do their natural activities in space. (They spun webs.)
the second animal was Laika the dog, the first one was a banana fly
April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space (:
the first animal in space was a Russian dog named Laika. after that, there was two monkeys from America to go to space. one named Ham, the other Abel.
Ellen Ochoa Went To Space For The First Time in 1999
Buzz Aldrin went to space for the first time in 11November 1966.
I believe the monkey was the first animal to go to space, even before humans. People wanted to test if it was safe so they sent a monkey out.