In total, 7 rats have been sent into space. For extra credit, 44 mice have been sent to space.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite
Russia
Columbia was the first space shuttle sent into space on April 12, 1981, exactly 20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
the first thing is go to space is satellite
The first cat that sent to the space was Felicette
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
The first live being sent into space by the USA was a chimpanzee called Hamm.