According to NASA’s history of animals in space, the first animals were launched into space in the 1940s and 1950s. Scientists also sent monkeys, chimps, and dogs into space to assess the feasibility ...

Zebrafish: Zebrafish are important organisms in space research because they have DNA similar to humans and their bodies are ...

Laika, the Russian mixed breed, was one of the first animals to be sent into space in 1957, but the little dog was destined to never return to earth after being selected for the experimental mission ...

Object Details Summary This medal was awarded posthumously by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Able, a Rhesus monkey. Able, along with Baker (both Squirrel monkeys) ...

Sent into low Earth orbit aboard the European Space Agency’s FOTON-M3 mission, dehydrated tardigrades endured ten days in outer space. When rehydrated back on Earth, most of the specimens ...