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

The same is true of the first animals in space. Human beings had visions of traveling above the atmosphere and out toward the moon and planets, but the survivability of such an enterprise was very ...

We all know Laika the dog and maybe Ham the chimpanzee but the entire pantheon of animals that have been to space is surprisingly vast. Everything from cats to worms to fish to newts to spiders have ...

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

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 ...

It was the first animal to orbit the Earth, however it wasn’t the first animal in space. This title is reserved for the humble fruit fly. A few were launched into space by American scientists in ...

Before humans explored space, animals were the first astronauts, aiding scientists in understanding zero gravity and space radiation. Here are five remarkable spacefaring creatures. Félicette ...