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A dog (although it's possible mice had been sent on earlier Soviet missions)

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When was the first thing in space launched?

Sputnik 1, launched at 4 October 1957.


Who are the first living beings sent to space?

The first living thing deliberately sent by humans into space was the dog Laika (a stray taken from the streets of Moscow) aboard Sputnik 2 which was launched on November 3, 1957.


What were the first living things sent into space before humans were?

Animals were the first living thing in space.


What was the first living thing sent in to sWhat was the first living thing sent in to space and return alive?

it was a dog


What was the first living thing sent into space?

dog


What was the first living thing to enter space?

a dog


What was the name of the first dog in space and what date did it go?

The first dog in space was named Laika (nicknamed Mutnik). She was sent in to space on Sputnik 2. Laika was the first living thing to visit space. Sputnik 2 went into space on the 3rd November 1957. It was launched by the Soviet Union. Sadly, Laika didn't make it back alive.


What is the first living thing reach to the space?

they were fruit flies


What was the first rocket to carry a living thing into space?

sputnick


First thing in space?

Depends. If you mean the first thing past the Karaman line (the point where atmosphere ends and space begins) then it was a V-2 Rocket launched by Nazi Germany in June of 1944. If you mean first thing orbiting then it was Sputnik.


Did monkeys or dogs go to space first?

A dog orbited the earth as the first living thing to go out in space


What was the first living thing in space and what was its name?

a dog named Laika