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0 pointsBatFastard1y ago0 comments

But animals(dogs) were first to go into orbit!

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czl1y ago

The first animal in orbit was Laika, a Soviet space dog. She was launched aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957. The first animals in space were fruit flies, launched by the United States aboard a V-2 rocket on February 20, 1947.

hnfong1y ago

I wonder whether some large asteroid hit the earth and blasted some poor animal into space some millions of years ago...

mr_toad1y ago

Tiny spiders can float high enough in the air that it might be possible for some to be carried beyond the Karman line.

nick-of-time1y ago

If an animal were imparted enough energy to be thrown into space, it would not get there intact.

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