Albert II, a Rhesus Monkey, became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949.
Sputnik 5 (also known as Korabl-Sputnik 2) carried the dogs Belka and Strelka on August 19, 1960. It was the first spacecraft to carry animals into orbit and return them alive.
Ham was the first chimpanzee (monkey) in space. He flew on a suborbital flight on January 31, 1961 in a Mercury spacecraft launched on a U.S. Redstone rocket. The launch site was Cape Canaveral, Florida.
France flew the first rat (Hector) into space on February 22, 1961. Two more rats were flown in October 1962.
The first tortoise in space was launched September 14, 1968 by the Soviet Union.
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