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The First 10 Animals to be Sent to Space

By Hollistic

  • 1. Fruit Flies

    1. Fruit Flies
    The first animal to go to space were fruit flies on February 20, 1947. The U.S. put them in German V2 rockets to study radiation. Huh, fruit flies? I would have never guessed that they sent fruit flies to space. I always thought that the first were monkeys.

  • 2. Albert 2 the monkey

    2. Albert 2 the monkey
    Albert 2, a monkey was sent to space on June 14, 1949. He was the first mammal to go to space. Wohoo for accomplishments! The reason he is called Albert 2 is because Albert 1 died during lift off.

  • 3. Tsygan and Dezik

    3. Tsygan and Dezik
    Tsygan and Dezik, were aboard the R-1 IIIA-1 and arrived to space on July 22, 1951. They were both the first dogs to go to space.

  • 4. Laika the dog

    4. Laika the dog
    Laika the dog, was sent on the aircraft, Sputnik 2. She arrived to space on November 3, 1957.

  • 5. Gordo the squirrel monkey

    5. Gordo the squirrel monkey
    Gordo, a squirrel monkey, launched 600 miles high to reach space on December 13, 1957.

  • 6. Able and Baker

    6. Able and Baker
    Able, a Rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, were launched together on May 28, 1959.

  • 7. Belka and Strelka (Also a rabbit, 42 mice and fruiflies)

    After Laika, the Soviet Union sent two more dogs, Belka and Strelka, into space on August 19, 1960. Not only were there 2 dogs but they also sent a grey rabbit, 42 MICE, and many fruit flies.

  • 8. Ham the chimp

    8. Ham the chimp
    Ham, a chimpanzee, was trained to perform tasks during spaceflight. He would pull levers to get banana pellets (to eat). He went to space on January 31, 1961.

  • 9. Felix the Cat

    9. Felix the Cat
    On October 18, 1963, the first cat was sent to space! You wanna know what the cat's name was? Well, it's name is Felix!

  • 10. Veterok and Ugolyok

    These 2 handsome little dogs went to space on February 22, 1966. They orbited for a record-breaking 22 days. Humans did not pass this record until 1974. Which is really cool!

  • Bibliography

    NOTE: Most pictures were from the same website I got my research.
    http://www.space.com/17764-laika-first-animals-in-space.html
    https://www.google.ca/search?q=felix+the+cat+who+went+to+space&safe=strict&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=6terok+and+Ugolyok&imgrc=J6QgJY6Mq2kjZM%3A
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space
    listverse.com/2013/10/04/10-animals-launched-into-space/