A dog sent to die and tortoises that flew around the moon: These are the most famous, bizarre, and important animals that have been sent to space

12:37am PDT - June 29th, 2019    cats 2019 - Business Insider

Dogs, cats, fish, and monkeys are among the animals that humans have sent into space. Most have been sent to study how weightlessness affects humans, and were originally sent before humans ever left Earth to test how such a journey could be done safely. But s…