Pioneering Animals in Space – Meson Stars

Pioneering Animals in Space – Meson Stars

Laika Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living being in orbit. She was launched on the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 mission in November 1957. Sam the Monkey Astronaut NASA A rhesus monkey named Sam is shown after his flight of Dec. 4, 1959, which tested the launch-escape system of NASA’s Mercury spacecraft. Miss Sam the Monkey Readies for Flight NASA The rhesus monkey Miss Sam is placed in a container for a January 1960 flight that tested the …