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In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space

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What animal was sent to outer space from the US?

The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.


What country sent the first animal in to space?

Russia sent a dog before the US sent chimps.


What kind of animal named ham US first sent to space?

A chimpanzee (monkey)


What was the first live being the US sent into space?

The first live being sent into space by the USA was a chimpanzee called Hamm.


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The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.


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Laika, a stray dog, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2 (nicknamed "Muttnik" in the US).


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Animal did the us first send into space?

It was fruit flies.


What was the first US object sent into space?

In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space.


What kind of animal ham did the us first send into space?

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