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- American and Russian scientists utilized animals—mainly monkeys, chimps and dogs—in order to test each country’s ability to launch a living organism into space and bring it back alive and unharmed.
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Although there is no distinct boundary between the atmosphere and space, an imaginary line about 68 miles (110 kilometers) from the surface, called the Karman line, is usually where scientists say Earth's atmospheremeets outer space. The first animals to reach space — not counting any bacteria that may have hitched a ride on previous rockets — were...
In the early decades of spaceflight, many animals reached space — and fame — even after the notable "firsts" were all claimed. Gordo, a squirrel monkey, launched 600 miles high on Dec. 13, 1958. He died on splashdown when a flotation device failed. Able, a Rhesus monkey, and Baker, a squirrel monkey, were launched together on May 28, 1959. Able and...
Although the early animal astronauts achieved great fame, many other animals have quietly contributed to the body of scientific knowledge about life in space. As humans have grown more accustomed to space travel, fewer animals make the front-page news. Still, their contributions are important. Nearly all of their flights have been designed to study...
Animals continue to be studied in space today, particularly on the International Space Station. Some examples of space station experiments include: 2014: A student experiment sent a colony of ants to the ISSand compared them to other colonies on Earth. The aim was to see how microgravity affects the movements of the space ants as they search for fo...
Read an interview with author Stephen Walker about the role animals played in early spaceflight. A TIME photo feature highlights several of the early animals in space, and a feature in The Atlanticdigs into why Soviets focused on dogs and Americans on monkeys.
Animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted. Later, many species were flown to investigate various biological processes and the effects microgravity and space flight might have on them.
Oct 15, 2023 · Animals have been used to test life support systems, monitor the space environment, and assess the behavioral and psychological effects of space travel. This research aids in developing space medicine, safety measures, and strategies for maintaining astronauts' well-being during long missions.
- First Animals in Space: Fruit Flies. (Credit:Tomasz Klejdysz/Shutterstock) Fruit flies were the first animals of any kind to leave the planet. Fruit flies make good experimental subjects because they're remarkably similar to humans at the genetic and cellular levels.
- Primates in Space. Chimpanzee Enos pictured wearing a space suit and lying in his flight couch as a handler holds his hands. He is being prepared for insertion into the Mercury-Atlas 5 capsule.
- Russian Dog in Space. (Credit:Shan_shan/Shutterstock) While the US was sending monkeys into space, the Soviet Union preferred to send dogs. The most famous canine space traveler was Laika, though she was not the first dog in space.
- First Cat in Space. For reasons you might be able to guess if you share your home with a cat, felines were not often used in space programs. However, a dainty French cat named Félicette spent 15 minutes in space in 1963.
Nov 13, 2019 · When we talk about animals in space we often think about dogs and monkeys. However, in 1947, the first animals rocketed into space by the Americans were fruit flies. Initial flights were used to...
Apr 14, 2007 · Monkeys were carried high into the atmosphere atop obsolete German V2 flying bombs in 1948; rabbits, rats and mice sent skywards in high-altitude balloons in the early 1950s; and Russian dogs...
