Laika , a Russian dog , was launched into space aboard the Sputnik 2 November 3, 1957 . Laika did not survive the ordeal ~ See related link below .
The first dog sent into space was Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, sent by the Soviet Union in 1957. Laika was part of a mission to test conditions in space and the effects of space travel on living organisms. Unfortunately, she did not survive the mission.
Sputnik 2 was the first time humans sent a living being into space, a dog named Laika.
Russia (at the time the Soviet Union) was the first country to send a man into space. The man was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
On 5 May, 1961 Alan Shepherd was launched on a sub-orbital flight into space aboard Freedom 7, the first manned mission of Project Mercury.
NASA was forned as a civilian space agency during the Eisenhower administration. It was under his direction that the first astronauts were chosen. By the time the astronauts actually flew, John Kennedy was president.
The first satellite was launched into space by the Russians on the 4th of October 1957. Its name was Sputnik, but it was later called Sputnik I so they could distinguish it from the other satellites that they would launch into space at a later time with the same name.
The first distress signal was sent out from Titanic at 12:27 AM ship's time.
Officially, in 1961, on April 12th, the Soviet Union sent cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin into space, for a single orbit. There is speculation that Gargarin's flight was the first successful human space flight, and that there were earlier, unsuccessful flights that ended with the death of the cosmonaut(s).
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.
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The argument used to defend the ethics of sending animals into space would be that it is better to risk the life of an animal to test the safety of the proceedings before the life of a human is put at risk.
The first time the space shuttle went into orbit was April 12th, 1981