I believe it was a dog although it may have been a chimp
Lakia, a dog abord the Sputnik 2, from Soviet Russia.
The dog sent to space by Russia was named Laika. She was the first living creature to orbit the Earth aboard the spacecraft Sputnik 2 in 1957.
November 3, 1957 was the day Laika was send to orbit the earth
The first creature to be launched into space was a dog named Laika, who was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union on November 3, 1957. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission.
Russia or any other country has not sent any dogs to the moon. All the dogs sent into space by Russia have been to earth orbit only. Laika, the first dog in space, was a mongrel but said to be mostly Siberian Husky.
The soviet dog Lakia was the first living creature to orbit the earth. Is not quite true anymore, Laika now fifty years later, we receive the information that Lakia died on take of so she didn't orbit earth!
Yuri Gagarin was the first human both sent to space and also to orbit the Earth.
Laika was a female stray dog and the first living creature to orbit Earth in 1957. Benji was a squirrel monkey who was sent to space in 1958 as part of a scientific mission. Both animals were used to study the effects of space travel on living organisms.
The first module, Zarya, was sent into orbit on the 20th November 1998
it was actually a human a man named Adam he was the first anything on earthThe first animals intentionaly sent into space were fruit flies aboard an American launched German made V-2 rocket in 1947. It is possible that insects were sent into space aboard V2 rockets in World War II, but this was not intentional.The first monkey in space was Albert II a rehsus macaque who was sent into space in a V2 rocket on June 14, 1949. He survived the trip into space but was unfortuantely killed when the rocket crashed on landing.
No, Laika, the Russian dog that was sent to space in 1957, died during the mission. She was the first living being to orbit the Earth.
The first animals intentionaly sent into space were fruit flies aboard an American launched German made V-2 rocket in 1947. It is possible that insects were sent into space aboard V2 rockets in World War II, but this was not intentional.The first monkey in space was Albert II a rehsus macaque who was sent into space in a V2 rocket on June 14, 1949. He survived the trip into space but was unfortuantely killed when the rocket crashed on landing.