Photos: Pioneering Animals in Space

by SPACE.com Staff | January 28, 2013 04:06pm ET

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Laika

Credit: NASA

Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living being in orbit. She was launched on the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2 mission in November 1957.