Sputnik
The first thing sent into outer space was a satellite
The first animal sent to Outer space was a dog named Laika.
The first rocket sent into space was called V-2, which was launched by Germany in 1944.
The first thing sent into space was the Nazi Germans V-2 rocket in the Second World War.
The first space shuttle sent into outer space was the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was launched on April 12, 1981, as part of the STS-1 mission.
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 animals intentionaly sent into space were fruit flies aboard an American launched German made V-2 rocket in 1947. It is possible that insects were sent into space aboard V2 rockets in World War II, but this was not intentional.The first monkey in space was Albert II a rehsus macaque who was sent into space in a V2 rocket on June 14, 1949. He survived the trip into space but was unfortuantely killed when the rocket crashed on landing.
On a rocket.
viking 1 was sent in outer space is to study planet from surfaces.. it was sent and landed at Mars and studied the surface of the planet... :)
The rocket that sent Sputnik 1 into space is the SPUTNIK - PS by the former Soviet Union(now Russia).
The first Russian rocket was called Sputnik. Sputnik was sent in to space in the year 1957 and returned within 92 days.
The first monkey in space was sent by the United States. The monkey named Albert I was launched aboard a V-2 rocket in 1948 as part of a research experiment.