But this feat was overshadowed when the Soviets sent Laika the dog into space, the first animal to orbit Earth. sent Sputnik into orbit completely around the Earth. In 1957 the world was stunned when the U.S.S.R. This underscores the potential dangers of space travel and also the role that animals have played in reducing human casualties and opening up space travel to humanity. And poor Yorick perished soon after landing. Albert II died on impact when his parachute failed to work properly as his capsule returned to Earth. Many of the animals in the early days of space exploration died in these experiments. sent a monkey named Yorick into the heavens he was the first one to actually survive the descent back to Earth. The following year, Albert II was sent 83 miles into space.
placed a rhesus monkey called Albert I aboard a modified German V-2 rocket. We owe a tremendous debt to the animal kingdom, whose assistance is vital to every aspect of science.
However, this supposed feat calls attention to the role animals have played in blazing the trail for space exploration. With justification, some analysts claimed this was likely a thinly disguised effort to cover up their ambitious military plans to fire long-range missiles across the Middle East and beyond. The world was caught off guard when the Iranians announced that they had successfully shot a monkey 72 miles into space.
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