Chimpanzee
A chimpanzee (monkey)
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
The Soviet Union sent a dog named Laika into space on July 22, 1951.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
The United States sent a rhesus monkey named Albert I to space in 1948, as part of a mission by the U.S. military.
They sent a monkey into space named Albert on June 11, 1948
In 1957, the USSR sent a dog named Laika into orbit.
Many dogs have been to space. The Soviets sent a total of 13 dogs into space between 1957 and 1966.
The US sent a chimpanzee named Ham into space in 1961. Ham's mission was part of a series of tests to prepare for human spaceflight.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
Laika was a mixed-breed dog, specifically a Soviet space dog, who became the first living being sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957.
The USSR sent the first animals into space.