In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space
US didn't send Laika into space, the Soviets AKA the Russians AKA USSR did.
The United States sent a rhesus monkey named Albert I to space in 1948, as part of a mission by the U.S. military.
Laika, a stray dog, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2 (nicknamed "Muttnik" in the US).
In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space.
The first rocket the US sent up into space was the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload was Explorer 1 the first American Satellite.
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
Russia sent a dog before the US sent chimps.
A chimpanzee (monkey)
US didn't send Laika into space, the Soviets AKA the Russians AKA USSR did.
The first live being sent into space by the USA was a chimpanzee called Hamm.
The United States sent a rhesus monkey named Albert I to space in 1948, as part of a mission by the U.S. military.
Alan Shepard
The US sent a chimpanzee named Ham into space in 1961. Ham's mission was part of a series of tests to prepare for human spaceflight.
Monkey
Laika, a stray dog, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2 (nicknamed "Muttnik" in the US).
It was fruit flies.
In 1949, the "Bumper-WAC" became the first human-made object to enter space.