No ... Albert II, a Rhesus Monkey, became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949 ... he would be the oldest money on the planet
Russia sent a dog. The USA sent a chimp.
it was a dog
The second living thing sent to space was a dog named Laika. Laika was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Unfortunately, Laika did not survive the mission.
The second thing sent to space was the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, which carried the dog Laika on November 3, 1957.
In the early stages of space travel a chimp was sent to find out if humans to can survive.
I believe it was a dog although it may have been a chimp
To see if it was safe for a human to travel into safe. If the monkey made it, a human might survive space travel. If the ape died, then it was not safe for a human to go into space. The chimp lived, so human beings were sent into outer space.
NASA has sent various animals to space for scientific research, including fruit flies, spiders, monkeys, mice, and most famously, chimpanzees. These animals were used to study the effects of space travel on living organisms and to gather valuable data for human space exploration.
Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
Canada has never sent a Space Shuttle into space.
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.