UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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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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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: -On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched ‘Sputnik 2’ and made history-for carrying the first-ever living creature to orbit the Earth, a dog named Laika. The flight, which was meant to test the safety of space travel for humans, ended up as a one-way trip for Laika.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union launches the first animal to orbit the earth into space-a dog nicknamed Laika-aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika, part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the Moscow streets before being enlisted into the Soviet space program.