It is so that scientists, could investigate the effects of space exploration.
By "Space Monkeys" you mean monkeys sent to space by humans, yes there were. I'm not sure of their names though. i'll look into it.
yes then they came back down to earth and then they sent humans to space because they knew that humans could breath i space if monkeys could
Yes they have ... They sent one Russian monkey up.
they also sent Monkeys. They did this to see what would happen if they sent them to the moon and Other places.
Some animals that have been sent into outer space include dogs, monkeys, mice, fish, and fruit flies. These animals were used in scientific experiments to study the effects of space travel on living organisms.
Monkeys and dogs were sent into space before humans because they are more expendable than humans, thus they wanted to test the performance and safety of the rockets before risking any human lives
no not to the moon but monkeys were sent into space to test for human safety in future manned missions but only humans went to the moon no other animals were sent.
oh yeah humans can become monkeys we sent a man to space so why not
As far as I know, no horses have ever been sent into space.
There is no record of a monkey being sent to the moon. However, monkeys have been sent to space as part of research experiments in the past.
United States 9 Rhesus Monkeys, 6 died; 3 Cynomolgus Monkey, 1 died; 1 pigtailed Macaque, died; 5 Squirrel monkey, 2 died 2 Chimpanzees, both survivedFrance sent 2 Pigtail Macaque into space, both survived.Russia sent 12 Rhesus Monkeys into space; all survived.Argentina sent 2 Cai Monkeys into space; one died when its capsule crashed to earthNote: Technically, only two of the casualties actually died while in space. Most of these death were due to crashes on landing; or due to complications in the recovery process.
The captured monkeys and apes are usually sent to the Zoo.