Comments on: Top Ten Animals in Space

By: researcher

researcher — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:28:25 +0000

The first monkey in space was Albert II, not just Albert, just so you know. Nice article.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:52:33 +0000

Nice article; however, two errors that I feel should be pointed out here:

1.) Killfish did not survive the Columbia disaster. Nematodes from a different experiment were the only thing found alive in the debris.

2.) The Redstone rocket (which carried Able and Baker) was not capable of reaching 100,000 mph, or even anything close. The Earth’s escape velocity is barely a quarter of that speed, so if they had gone that fast they never would have come back. No rocket has ever re-entered Earth’s atmosphere above 24,800 miles per hour (Apollo 10 holds that record), and the Redstone SUB-orbital lob shots were much slower than that. Please double-check your facts before throwing out numbers.

By: Lz

Lz — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:46:52 +0000

In Russian Belka means Squirrel and Strelka means arrow (or shooting arrow) also it rhymes, also Veterok means wind.
But over all the article is good.

By: Bob Marley

Bob Marley — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:36:12 +0000

dont worry
be happy
dont worry, be happy now.

hi. im bob marley. all of you hippie men out there should not worry about these animals. they do die up there sometimes, but not all the time. instead of looking towards the dead ones, look towards the live ones and see what they have accomplished. i hope all you people shall read this and look at these things from a different perspective. i hope i helped you worried hippies of the world.

By: lynus the porcupine

lynus the porcupine — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:14:00 +0000

dude, the poor frogs, they’re sooo cute!!! i can’t believe the would do something like that!!!!
peace!!!!! [] []
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By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:50:14 +0000

You missed out Steve the amazing NASA cat on Mars!

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By: Scottie

Scottie — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:58:57 +0000

The frog is tight

By: ILOVEGREEN

ILOVEGREEN — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:28:37 +0000

AWE!! i loaf the pics of the monkey and frog and doggy’s!!! I HATE THE SPIDER!! ahh… well bye now.

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:36:49 +0000

why just why do you do this to the poor animals?

By: Emily Britt

Emily Britt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:06:15 +0000

Found your site very interesting, full of informative articles, added to my favourites.

By: Ashimo

Ashimo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:30:23 +0000

Hippie man is right. Even though it is cool, we shouldn’t launch animals into space. Save the world, man! <3

By: ALGAL

ALGAL — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:02:17 +0000

Nice article-I remember going to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL and seeing Miss Baker when I was a kid. I thought that was so awesome.

By: ashimo

ashimo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:46:11 +0000

OMG! Hamthe Chimp is so awesome! Do you know if he lived?

By: matilda

matilda — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:38:36 +0000

What made you want to study animals in space

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By: hippy man

hippy man — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:26:57 +0000

pease man yer dude we found it very mean to the animals like. casue they are the world and environemnt man. we hope you stop this now while we are here.

save the world

woooooooop

By: Flobber

Flobber — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:22:16 +0000

We thought it was very interestiing read and it entertained us very much *snort* *snort*. *Pushes glasses up nose* We hope you post more funny things!!!

He he he he he he

By: bbbb

bbbb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:38:13 +0000

booby why would you want to go into space with a monkey. mabye a panada bear

By: fgbdnrbgf

fgbdnrbgf — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:07:36 +0000

Thats horrible

By: bobby

bobby — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:47:35 +0000

ilove space dogs. my name is bobby. can i come to space with the funny monkey in a suit

By: ttfnRob

ttfnRob — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:21:06 +0000

Dear M, maybe you should simply not read my blog. The pictures are not ’shitty’. Normally I would not engage trolling like this, but you’re comment irritated me, mainly because it is hilariously ridden with poor language and grammar.

The content of this page is not stolen from other sites! It comes in part from two books I have at home, Wikipedia and some people I know. I don’t pretend to be a journalist – this is just a blog after all.

By: M.

M. — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:08:03 +0000

Sorry but after reading the first bit of your article i got very unsatisfied. Belka and Strelka are obviously Russian names or so.. and you should seriously read the article after you write it .. First few animals in space also died with very painful death .. Also never heard of flies flying into space in a rocket in 1942 ..
Also your pictures are very shitty and overall this is a disappointment . ( I never wrote something like this in comments so You Author should seriously start reading some books and stop stealing stuff from other sites etc.)

By: myquealer

myquealer — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:49:55 +0000

I question some of your information. How did NASA put a monkey into space in 1948 when NASA did not exist until 1958? All the US space endeavors before then were by the military.

Further, how did the US launch a V2 rocket in 1942? von Braun and company didn’t come to the US until the end of the war in 1945 (along with their rocket technology).

By: kometbomb

kometbomb — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:03 +0000

Actually, the U.S. (and British and Soviet etc.) V2 tests were done well after the end of the war after which captured missiles were shipped over to, well, most of the significant victor countries. I would guess 1946 or ‘47. The V2 started testing in 1942 but until the latter half of 1945 I would assume scientific experiments weren’t top priority.

I think most early animals in space got there (and back down) in a V2.

By: peggy

peggy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:21:29 +0000

Forgot to say… Your records/info is wrong. Dogs went up in the early 1950’s.

By: peggy

peggy — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:56:53 +0000

Thank you! I never hear anyone ever mention the dogs who where sent to space. I was begining to think I must have imagined it. And I know I never heard of a
CAT being in space.
I was only 10 when this was going on and my family would never asnwer my questions or have discussions about this or anything else. A lot of of basic belief at that time was “God does not want us up there!” My parents only contributuion to my question of why not was this… They think that is where heaven is. Up there! I also asked questions about what is a spy and what is an execution. I was told to go out and play. So I began to read the newspaper at an early age. I am an old lady (biddy!) now but I remember it well. You brought back many memories! There is another real goodie but I have talked too much already. Good Luck with your studies

By: spacemonkey

spacemonkey — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:15:12 +0000

The fruit flies were launched in 1947 (after WW2 obviously) by the US Air Force with a V2 rocket (and by rocket scientists) obtained from the Nazis, a year before the launch of Albert. NASA was formed only after the launch of Sputnik, in 1958 I think. By then the Redstone rocket (an evolution of the V2) was the usual launch vehicle.

By: emma

emma — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:53:44 +0000

i love how those animals got in space i dont belive it are they still alive and did they wear space outfits

By: ken

ken — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:05:52 +0000

cheers a very interesting little read.