Jan 18, 1998 · Goliath, a one-and-a-half-pound squirrel monkey, was launched in an Air Force Atlas E rocket on November 10, 1961. The SPURT (Small Primate Unrestrained Test) monkey …

The Soviet space program launched multiple dogs into space, with the first sub-orbital flights in 1951, and first orbital flights in 1957. [1] Two tortoises and several varieties of plants were the …

Dec 13, 2025 · Laika, a dog that was the first living creature to be launched into Earth orbit, in the Soviet artificial satellite Sputnik 2, in 1957.

Apr 29, 2015 · The first vertebrates sent into space were a series of ill-fated monkeys and mice launched between 1948 and 1951 by American researchers.

What was the first animal to orbit the Earth? In the 1940s and 1950s, the Soviet Union and US space programmes sent numerous species of animals into space, including monkeys, mice …

On June 14, 1949, a rhesus monkey named Albert II made history by becoming the first mammal—and the first monkey—to travel into space. Strapped into the nose cone of a …

Feb 13, 2009 · The first animal to actually go into orbit was the dog Laika, launched on board the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft on November 3, 1957. Unfortunately, Laika died during the flight.

Sep 28, 2025 · On November 3, 1957, a small dog named Laika made history by becoming the first animal to venture into space. Laika, a stray Soviet space dog, was launched aboard the …

Mar 19, 2025 · The U.S.-launched V-2 was also responsible for flying the first mammal into space. A rhesus monkey Albert II made history as the first monkey and first primate to make it to …

May 7, 2025 · Laika the dog became the very first living creature to enter orbit after being launched on board the Soviet's Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957.