Long before human astronauts orbited Earth or walked on the Moon, biological pioneers from fruit flies to tortoises tested whether living creatures could survive launch and weightlessness.
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15 Animals That went to space before humans
15. Tardigrades
14. Arabella And Anita
13. Horsfield's Tortoises
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12. Veterok And Ugolyok
11. Felicette
10. Guinea Pigs
9. Ham The Chimpanzee
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8. Belka And Strelka
7. Marfusha The Rabbit
6. Able And Miss Baker
5. Laika
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4. Dezik And Tsygan
3. Mice
2. Albert II
1. Fruit Flies
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Long before human astronauts orbited Earth or walked on the Moon, biological pioneers from fruit flies to tortoises tested whether living creatures could survive launch and weightlessness.