When Ham set off on his space flight in 1961, he paved the way for the first American to go to space months later.

The same is true of the first animals in space. Human beings had visions of ... and the Soviet Union had sent an equal number of cosmonauts, including Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in ...

From dogs to chimpanzees, animals were the early pioneers of space flight and they played pivotal roles in space exploration The first animal in space was launched in 1947 and surprisingly it was ...

A monkey sent into space by Iran, in the Middle East, is the latest animal to make the journey there and back. Some people think it's cruel to send animals into space - especially if they don't ...

Still, several countries, including the U.S., sent animals into space decades ago in the early days of their exploration of space. Here, a look at some of the animals that went where no human had ...

Friday, Jan. 31, marks the anniversary of Ham the chimpanzee's space flight, which happened 64 years ago. Though not the first animal sent to space, Ham was the first hominid – any species including ...