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Animal in space

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What Happened to Laika in Space? *The Space Dog*

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NASA's First Chimp in Space

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What Happened to Ham in Space? *Sad Story of Ham*

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Mice aboard the International Space Station

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Tardigrades Are the Toughest Animal on Earth that can Survive Space and Volcanoes | The Dodo

Non-human animals in space originally served to test the survivability of spaceflight, before human spaceflights were attempted. Later, other non-human animals were flown to investigate various biological processes and the effects microgravity and space flight might have on them. Bioastronautics is an area of bioengineering research which spans the study and support of life in space. To date, seven national space programs have flown animals into space: the Soviet Union, the United States, France, Argentina, China, Japan and Iran.