Fruit flies become the first animals to be sent into space aboard the US V-2 rocket on 20th February 1947. The first higher order animal was a dog named Laika, sent by the Soviet Union on 3rd November 1957.
Fruit flies become the first animals to be sent into space aboard the US V-2 rocket on 20th February 1947. The first higher order animal was a dog named Laika, sent by the Soviet Union on 3rd November 1957.