Before the first manned space flights, animals were first sent into space to test the ability of survival in space. Later animals were tested to see the effects of gravity on their bodies. Until now these nations have sent animals into space: USSR, USA, France, Argentina, China, Japan and Iran.

1. Animals who went into space
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2. Fact 1
• The first animals who
went into space were
fruit flies aboard a V-2
rocket launched from
White Sands Missle
Range, New Mexico in
1947.

3. Fact 2
• The first monkey
Launched into space
was Albert II in june
1949. He reached the
altitude of 134 km, but
died on impact when
the parachute failed

4. Fact 3
• In august 1950 a mouse
was launched in space,
the rocket reached the
altitude of 137 km.
Unfortunately the
mouse died when the
rocket disintegrated
due to parachute failure

5. Fact 4
• In the 1950s, the USSR
launched a total of 12
dogs on various
suborbital flights

6. Fact 5
• On 3 november 1957,
Laika became the first
living being to orbit the
Earth on Sputnik 2.
Unfortunately the dog
died after several hours
because of heat and
stress

7. Fact 6
In 1960, two dogs named
Belka and Strelka became
the first animals to
survive a trip into orbit.

8. Fact 7
• The french launched
the first cat into space
on 18 october 1963.
Félicette reached an
altitude of 160 km and
landed safely

9. Fact 8
During the Voskhod
program, two russian
space dogs Veterok and
Ugolyok were launched
into space on 22 February,
1966. They orbited 22 days
before returning safely to
Earth on 16 march.

10. Fact 9
On 3 February 2010, Iran
became the latest country
to launch animals into
space. The animals were
launched on top of the
Kavoshgar 3 rocket and
returned safely to Earth

11. Fact 10
On 23 September 2014,
the SpaceX CRS-4
delivered 20 mice on the
ISS for study of the long-
term effects of
microgravity on the
rodents.

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