Landmarks
for animals in space
1947:
First animal in space
1949:
First primate in space
1950:
First mouse in space
1951:
First dogs in space
1957:
First animal in orbit
1961:
First ape in space
1963:
First cats in space
1968:
First animals in deep space and to circle the Moon
2007:
First animal survives exposure to space
Ø Fe,
Fi, Fo, Fum, and Phooey were five mice who circled the Moon 75 times in the
orbiter of the 1972 Apollo 17 mission.
Ø The
first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S.-launched V-2
rocket on 20 February 1947 from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Ø Albert
II, a rhesus monkey, became the first monkey in space on 14 June 1949, in a
U.S.-launched V-2, after the failure of the original Albert's mission on
ascent. Albert I reached only 30–39 miles (48–63 km) altitude; Albert II
reached about 83 miles (134 km). Albert II died on impact after a parachute
failure.
Ø On
19 August 1960 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 5 (also known as
Korabl-Sputnik 2) which carried the dogs Belka and Strelka, along with a gray
rabbit, 40 mice, 2 rats, and 15 flasks of fruit flies and plants.[10] It was
the first spacecraft to carry animals into orbit and return them alive.
Ø France
flew their first rat (Hector) into space on 22 February 1961. Two more rats
were flown in October 1962.
Ø The
first animals in deep space, the first to circle the Moon, and the first two
tortoises in space were launched on Zond 5 on 14 September 1968 by the Soviet
Union.
Ø The
Soviet Union sent eight monkeys into space in the 1980s on Bion flights. Bion
flights also flew zebra danio, fruit flies, rats, stick insect eggs and the
first newts in space.
Ø In
September 2007, during the European Space Agency's FOTON-M3 mission,
tardigrades, also known as water-bears, were able to survive 10 days of
exposure to open-space with only their natural protection.
Ø In
November 2011, the Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment on the Fobos-Grunt
mission planned to carry tardigrades to Mars and back; however, the mission
failed to leave Earth orbit.
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