Animals That Have Been To Space
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Many animals have been sent into space as subjects in scientific experiments
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Here's is a look at seven animals who have been sent to the space
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Fruit flies were the first animals to be launched into space on February 20, 1947. The flies were launched on a V-2 rocket
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A Russian stray, Laika, was the first dog to be launched into space, by the Soviet Union on November 3, 1957 on Sputnik 2 spacecraft
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In 1970, NASA sent two bullfrogs into orbit on the Orbiting Frog Otolith spacecraft to study the effects of weightlessness and motion sickness on their systems
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Mice have been to space multiple times. The first mouse went into space in 1950, but it died when the rocket disintegrated due to a parachute failure
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In 1968, two Russian tortoises were sent to space on the Soviet Union's Zond 5 spacecraft
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In 1949, Albert II became the first monkey in space, but he died during re-entry when his parachute failed
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In 1973, two European garden spiders named Arabella and Anita were sent to Skylab, NASA's first space station
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