Laika, a stray dog, was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2 (nicknamed "Muttnik" in the US).
Yes. Laika was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth - as well as the first animal to die in orbit.
yes laika was the first dog in space infact it was the first animal in space
Belka and Strelka were the first animal pair to orbit the Earth. They were two dogs that were launched into space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 5 on August 19, 1960, and safely returned to Earth.
what International Space Station is the first fully functioning space station to orbit the earth.
The first animals in space were fruit flies aboard a United States V2 rocket in 1947. (which are insects not animals) A Rhesus Monkey, called Albert II became the first monkey in space aboard another United States V2 rocket in 1949. The first dogs into space were Tsygan and Dezik aboard a Soviet rocket in 1951 - although not into orbit. The first dog into orbit was Laika aboard a Soviet Sputnik 2 rocket in 1957
Laika was a soviet space dog that become the first animal to orbit the earth , as well as the first animal to die in orbit
in 1957 laika was the first animal to orbit the earth
The name of the first animal into space (which was a dog) was Laika.
Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth.
Yes. Laika was a Soviet space dog that became the first animal to orbit the Earth - as well as the first animal to die in orbit.
Many dogs have been to space. The Soviets sent a total of 13 dogs into space between 1957 and 1966.
In 1957, the USSR sent a dog named Laika into orbit.
a russian dog and the first animal to orbit the earth ( first animal to go on the moon ) * * * * * Laika (Lyka?) did not go to the moon.
Laika was a part husky part terrier and was one of the first animals in space. Laika was the first animal to orbit the earth.
Russia sent a dog called Laika into space on 3 November 1957 (which was the first ever satellite, which first flew on October 4 1957).
First satellite, man in space, animal in orbit and spacewalk. Also the first woman in space, the first robot on the moon, the first rover on another celestial body and the first space station.
the first animal in space was a Russian dog named Laika. after that, there was two monkeys from America to go to space. one named Ham, the other Abel.