Space fact

The first animal to orbit Earth was a dog called Laika.

The details

Laika, a stray from the streets of Moscow, was launched aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2 in November 1957. She did not survive the flight, but her mission showed that a living creature could survive launch and weightlessness, paving the way for human spaceflight.

Source: Laika (Wikipedia)

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