Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became the first dog in space after being launched into low orbit aboard ...

Fruit flies were the first animals of any kind to leave the planet. Fruit flies make good experimental subjects because they're remarkably similar to humans at the genetic and cellular levels. They'd ...

Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became ...

Space exploration in the mid-20th century marked a new era for humanity, with scientists and researchers around the globe reaching beyond Earth’s atmosphere in pursuit of knowledge. Among the ...

On June 11, 1948, a rhesus monkey named Albert I become the first animal to reach space, strapped aboard a V-2 Blossom rocket that flew to a suborbital height of 83 miles (134 kilometers) above ...

First Animal in Orbit Laika, the first living dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957, perished but contributed essential data for future space missions. Credit : PINTEREST ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Laika was a Russian dog who was sent on a one-way trip into space and has become a symbol for the use of animals in scientific testing which has been shared online ...

Sad story of the stray dog who was sent to space and never returned. Laika was found on the streets of Moscow and selected to be the first animal to orbit the Earth. nottinghampost.

In 1961, Ham became the first chimpanzee in space when he made a sub-orbital flight aboard a US Mercury-Redstone rocket. To test his psychological capacity during space flight, Ham was trained to ...

Since 1948, 32 monkeys and apes, including rhesus macaques and chimpanzees, have been sent to space. Ham, a chimpanzee, was the first great ape in space, launched by NASA in 1961 and returned safely.