Laika the dog was the first animal in space. She was sent up by the Soviet Union during the space race to see if it were possible to have a live creature in space. Unfortunetly they had no way to safely bring her home alive so she died while in space.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The Soviet space dog, Laika. This dog was the first animal to die in space
The first creatures in space were flies. The first mammal was a dog.
Yes, the first animal to go to space, a dog named Laika, did not survive the mission. She died a few hours after launch due to overheating and stress.
in 1957 laika was the first animal to orbit the earth
The name of the first animal into space (which was a dog) was Laika.
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
The USSR or Russia. They had the first satellite, the first animal in space, the first manned space flight, and the first space walk. But we beat them to the moon.
According to www.spacetoday.org, Laika, the first animal (dog) sent into space by the Soviet Union was a stray estimated to be about 3yrs old.
Laika was a soviet space dog that become the first animal to orbit the earth , as well as the first animal to die in orbit