Laika, the first mammal to orbit the Earth, died a few hours after launch from stress and overheating, probably due to a malfunction in the temperature control system.
Russia sent a dog before the US sent chimps.
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).
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Laika a dog was the first animal in space it was sent by the soviet union
The USSR sent the first animals into space.
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The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
The first person to travel in space was Yuri Gagarin sent by Russia / the Soviet Union.
No. Russia sent a dog named Laika into space first.
The USSR (Russia).
In the 1940s the US sent fruit flies into space