KIDS QUIZ
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
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what was the first creature in space
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a dog
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a human
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a hamster
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monkey
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hurriedly prepared to take advantage of the propaganda value of the first satellite, Sputnik 2 utilized an animal habitat and carried the dog Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Laika, a Moscow street dog, became the first creature to orbit Earth, but she died in space.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first dogs launched, Tsygan and Dezik, were aboard the R-1 IIIA-1. The dogs reached space on July 22, 1951, but did not orbit. They were the first mammals successfully recovered from spaceflight. The first animal to orbit Earth was Laika, another Soviet dog who launched in 1957.
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