Animals In Space

It was 1947 when the first animal was put into space.

Animals in space. And perhaps surprisingly it was the humble fruit. Laika the first dog in space a site for children. The history of spaceflight. 10 animals that have been to space fruit flies.

In 1957 russians sent a dog named laika into orbit. The legacy of a soviet space dog. American and russian scientists used animals mainly monkeys chimps and dogs to test each country s ability to launch a living organism into space and bring it back alive and unharmed. The history of spaceflight.

Incredibly 32 monkeys and apes have been to space including the rhesus macaque pig tailed monkey. Animals in space a student feature from nasaexplores. Archived from the original on 2. After humans landed on the moon in 1969 animals in space no longer made the headlines but spacecraft still carried biological payloads including rabbits turtles insects spiders fish.

Mcdowell jonathan 26 january 2000. Butterflies and spiders in space. In 1948 a rhesus macaque monkey named albert flew inside a v2 rocket. Laika the first dog in space view the stamps created to honor the first dog to travel into space.

Sam an early monkey astronaut. Ham the first chimpanzee.