Animals In Space

The legacy of a soviet space dog.

Animals in space. Laika the first dog in space view the stamps created to honor the first dog to travel into space. In the earlier days of space exploration nobody knew if people could survive a trip away from earth so using animals was the best way to find out. In 1957 russians sent a dog named laika into orbit.

Laika the first dog in space a site for children. Ham the first chimpanzee. 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.

Sam an early monkey astronaut. It was 1947 when the first animal was put into space. The history of spaceflight.

Archived from the original on 2. Butterflies and spiders in space. 10 animals that have been to space fruit flies.

The history of spaceflight. Animals in space a student feature from nasaexplores. Incredibly 32 monkeys and apes have been to space including the rhesus macaque pig tailed monkey.

Interview with joseph bielitzki nasa s first chief veterinary officer. 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. And perhaps surprisingly it was the humble fruit.