In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
The first rocket the US sent up into space was a modified V-2 rocket called Bumper 8. It was launched on February 24, 1949 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
US didn't send Laika into space, the Soviets AKA the Russians AKA USSR did.
The United States sent a rhesus monkey named Albert I to space in 1948, as part of a mission by the U.S. military.
The first space satellite of the US was Explorer 1, launched on January 31, 1958. It was instrumental in the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding the Earth.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
The first live being sent into space by the USA was a chimpanzee called Hamm.
Alan Shepard
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
Russia sent a dog before the US sent chimps.
A chimpanzee (monkey)
The first rocket the US sent up into space was a modified V-2 rocket called Bumper 8. It was launched on February 24, 1949 from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
The U.S. sent Astronaut Alan Shepard into space on May 5th, 1961. This was 23 days after the Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on April 12th, 1961.
Alan Shepard Jr.
John Glenn.
US didn't send Laika into space, the Soviets AKA the Russians AKA USSR did.
No. The only object in space that people have visited is the moon. The US has, however, sent several robotic rovers to Mars.