Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on board which, Dogs Belka and Strelka, spent a day in space, on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth. They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, two rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.

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Photo credit: © World History Archive/Ilia Boltianov/Russia Office / Alamy / Afripics
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