I believe rats were used first, then a solitary monkey.
A dog orbited the earth as the first living thing to go out in space
The first living things on earth were microbes, tiny one-celled creatures.
Many think that some bacteria may have been the first to orbit the Earth.
No animal has orbited the moon other than man. Dogs and monkeys have orbited the earth.
No human has ever orbited the sun, unless you count living on planet Earth as it orbits the sun.
the first living creature in the dictionary is an aardvark
The name of John Glenn's space shuttle when he first orbited the Earth in 1962 was Friendship 7.
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
On 12 April 1961, Gagarin became the first man to travel into space
40 (his birthday was in July but he orbited the earth in February)
bacteria
The first dog ever sent into space was named Laika. She was launched aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. Laika's mission was significant as it marked the first time a living creature orbited the Earth, although sadly, she did not survive the mission. Her journey provided valuable data for future human spaceflight.