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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first great ape to ... Ham was celebrated as a pioneer in space exploration. However, his post-flight life was far from glamorous. Following his ...

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 ...