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BioSentinel
BioSentinel is a NASA CubeSat launched on Artemis I in 2022 to study deep space radiation effects on dried yeast, the first biological experiment beyond the Earth-Moon system.
Laika (Лайка)
Laika, also known as Kudryavka and nicknamed Muttnik, was a Soviet space dog who became the first animal to orbit Earth on Sputnik 2 in 1957.
Monkeys and apes in space
Monkeys and apes in space were nonhuman primates launched mostly by the United States and Soviet Union between 1948 and 1997 to test spaceflight survival before humans flew.