The first acknowledged earth born creature to leave the planet was Laika, in Sputnik 2, 1957.
More dogs followed, between 1959 and 1961.
Before the launch, one of the scientists took Laika home to play with his children. In a book chronicling the story of Soviet space medicine, Dr. Vladimir Yazdovsky wrote, "I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs
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11 October 2009
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