Super fun quiz (again) (2 Viewers)

[Ahsoka]

Who was the first mammal in space?

 

[Villains]

i feel like i know but i'm second guessing myself

 

[StirFriedPanda]

This is a sad question.... but a dog.

 

[Ahsoka]

@YouChanTheSheep you’ve fallen into my trap No

 

[Lexie]

a chimpanzee?

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

it's not a monkey?

 

[x_x]

human

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

human

DEFINE Human

 

[StirFriedPanda]

@YouChanTheSheep you’ve fallen into my trap No

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-first-animal-spacehttps://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-was-first-animal-space

What was the first animal to orbit the Earth?

In the 1940s and 1950s, the Soviet Union and US space programmes sent numerous species of animals into space, including monkeys, mice and dogs. However, these were suborbital flights, which meant the spacecraft passed into outer space before falling back to Earth without making an orbit.



The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957.
Laika

Laika was a young, part-Samoyed terrier found as a stray in Moscow. She was chosen as the Soviet scientists believed a homeless animal would be better equipped to endure the cold, hunger and harsh conditions of space travel. However, with inadequate oxygen and food supplies, Laika’s death in space was expected from the outset of the mission.



In their training before the launch, the canine candidates were placed in a series of demanding endurance trials and medical examinations. Among other tests, scientists examined how the animals would cope in the distressingly cramped space capsule. Laika and two other dogs (Albina and Mushka) were placed in increasingly smaller cages over several weeks. With her calm temperament and grace under pressure, Laika was chosen. Vladimir Yazdovsky, the leader of the Soviet space mission, described Laika as “quiet and charming.”



Laika’s spacecraft, Sputnik 2 was fitted with a variety of innovative devices to keep her alive. There was an oxygen generator which absorbed carbon dioxide, a heat-activated fan to regulate the temperature and the capsule was stocked with enough food to keep the dog alive for seven days.



There are conflicting accounts of Laika’s death in space. The Soviet Union initially suggested she had died when the oxygen levels depleted or that she had been deliberately ‘put to sleep’ with poisoned food. In 1999 several Russian sources (such as the scientists involved in the space programme) stated that Laika had died on the fourth orbit of the Earth after a failure in Sputnik 2’s temperature controls. On 14 April 1958 (after approximately 2,570 orbits), Sputnik 2 and Laika’s remains left orbit and disintegrated on re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.



In 2008, nearly 50 years after the historic flight, a monument to Laika was finally installed outside Star City, a military facility in Russia where she was trained for her trip. The statue resembles a rocket that merges into a hand, launching Laika into space.

Even @Moguri been to space. Why did they have to tie you down?

 

[Ahsoka]

@Lexie close

 

[x_x]

DEFINE Human

the mammal species that is human

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

the mammal species that is human

WRONG. It's me.

 

[Ahsoka]

@YouChanTheSheep I said in space, not in orbit Laika was the first in orbit but mammals had entered space before her

 

[StirFriedPanda]

@YouChanTheSheep I said in space, not in orbit Laika was the first in orbit but mammals had entered space before her

Anything that doesn't orbit doesn't count.

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

Anything that doesn't orbit doesn't count.

I spin in circles sometimes.

 

[Ahsoka]

@YouChanTheSheep also did you happen to read the first line of the article you posted

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

@YouChanTheSheep I said in space, not in orbit Laika was the first in orbit but mammals had entered space before her

OK I got it-this is a TRICK question and the answer is APPLE.

 

[Ahsoka]

Also @Lovely_Cornchips it is a monkey

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

Also @Lovely_Cornchips it is a monkey

Ignore the apple answer

 

[magali]

i said a cow.. i need to study