Animals in Space The first animals sent to space were fruit flies, in 1947 (by the US) - to test the effects of radiation on living creatures.
This was followed by dogs (set by Russians) and mice (sent by the US).
Many animals were to follow before the first humans were sent to space:
such as dogs, cats, chimpanzees
Throu, monkeys (rhesus monkeys and squirrel monkeys), rats, stick insects, quail eggs, newts, rats, squirrels and many others. See Related Links See the Related Links for "MONKEYS AND OTHER ANIMALS IN SPACE" below the answer.
It depends how you mean, on there own no. One of the first animals from Earth to go to space was a dog. Human Beings are animals and many humans have been into space
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
A Russian dog, Laika was the first animal in space, in Sputnik 2 in 1957
no, but they train special animals, such as monkeys, to go to space
Yes, it was the first space shuttle to go to space
No.
YURI GAGRIN WAS THE FIRST MAN and Valentina was the first women to go in space
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Animals were the first living thing in space.
yes, of course, the first animal that went to space was monkey.
The first women to go into space is Ellen Ochoa
The first Earth creature to go into space was Laika, a female stray dog from Moscow, Russia. She was launched aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission.