The same is true of the first animals in space. Human beings had visions of ... and the Soviet Union had sent an equal number of cosmonauts, including Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in ...

From fruit flies to monkeys and even a tortoise, a variety of animals have made the historic journey beyond our planet.

A sad tale - discover what happened to ‘Ham’ who was the first chimpanzee launched into space and was not expected to survive ...

Several monkeys were sent to space, starting with Albert I in 1948 ... In 1957, Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2, but she did not survive. Later missions included ...

Laika was not intended to return alive, and she died shortly after the launch due to overheating and stress. Her body disintegrated into space on re-entry. She was later renamed "Muttnik" in the ...

From dogs to chimpanzees, animals were the early pioneers of space flight and they played pivotal roles in space exploration The first animal in space was launched in 1947 and surprisingly it was ...