A monkey is close to a human so it was to see how a human type system would react into space. Plus, if there had been an accident a monkey would have been lost and not a human. Monkeys can also be trained to do things that would be needed as well.
Yes, NASA sent several monkeys to space as part of their research on the effects of space travel on living organisms. The most famous case is Ham the chimpanzee who flew on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission in 1961.
Yes, NASA did send both probes into space but they were launched at different dates.
Yes, the Voyager missions were run by NASA and they sent the probes.
No, NASA no longer sends animals to space for scientific research. Animal testing in space was common in the past, but advances in technology and ethical considerations have led to the development of alternative methods for studying the effects of space travel on living organisms.
NASA did not send out Laika, a Soviet space dog, on a spacecraft that wouldn't return to Earth. The mission was carried out by the Soviet space program in 1957, not NASA. Unfortunately, Laika was never intended to return as the technology to safely bring spacecraft back from orbit was not developed at that time.
Yes, it can. I sent my pet monkey to NASA and they didn't send it back, so I assumed they sent it to space. :]
NASA sent it by remote control space ship.
Yes, NASA sent several monkeys to space as part of their research on the effects of space travel on living organisms. The most famous case is Ham the chimpanzee who flew on the Mercury-Redstone 2 mission in 1961.
Yes, NASA did send both probes into space but they were launched at different dates.
If by NASA you mean the guys who fly to space, They didn't.
they didn't.
to check if animals can survive there
Yes, the Voyager missions were run by NASA and they sent the probes.
No. But NASA did send a space probe to crash into a comet.
A bass-tronaut! (Get It? astronaut)
a monkey was never sent to space, NASA wanted to send a monkey to space and specifically to mars but, the government didn't agree to it.
No, NASA no longer sends animals to space for scientific research. Animal testing in space was common in the past, but advances in technology and ethical considerations have led to the development of alternative methods for studying the effects of space travel on living organisms.