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Fruit Fly Goes to Space
The first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S. V2 rocket. The scienenists want to see the effects of radiation on animals. -
Space Monkey
A Rhesus Monkey was the first monkey in space. The trip was made on a V2 Rocket. -
Russian Space Dog
The Soviet Union launched the R-1 IIIA-1 flight, carrying the 2 dogs. These two dogs were the first living higher organisms to fly into space and live. -
Marfusa the Space Rabbit
On a Soviet R2 rocket, Marfusa, the space rabbit goes to space being the very first rabbit to go into orbit. -
Japan's Newts in Space
Japan launched its first animals, a species of newt, into space aboard the Space Flyer Unit.
