Animals In Space

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Animals in space originally only served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before manned space missions were attempted. Later, animals were also flown to investigate various biological processes and the effects microgravity and space flight might have on them. Six national space programs have flown animals into space: the Soviet Union, the United States, France, China, Japan and most recently Iran. Learn more about animals that became the first astronauts in this book.