What were the names of the first dog and the first monkey in space?
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Laika (meaning "barker" in Russian) was the first dog in space. She was part Siberian husky and was launched in Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957. Laika survived in Earth orbit for four days. She died in space when the batteries to the cabin over-heated. Sputnik 2 fell back to Earth on April 14, 1958, burning up during re-entry. The first monkey in sub-orbital space was a squirrel monkey called Gordo. Gordo was launched into space on 13 December 1958, in the nose cone of the US Army rocket Jupiter AM-13. Gordo did well in the flight, but drowned in the Atlantic Ocean when the flotation device on the nose cone failed and it sank.
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