I know that we’ve taken fish up there on the Shuttle, and I know that the Russkies sent dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, etc. into orbit (presumably to see if the poor beasts could survive) before actually sending a man up there. The Russian animals who survived re-entry didn’t manage to tell us how they felt about it.
So have we ever sent a more intelligent animal than a fish into space with a human?
Imagine how a cat would react in Zero Gravity!
A dog would probably freak, but eventually get used to it. A mouse would probably be disoriented momentarily but then get his bearings and settle down…
I assume you mean mammals other than human. Well the first American in space, much to the consternation of Ike, was the chimpanzee Ham. Read the book The Right Stuff for a glimpse into the early space program. The movie is a favorite but less illuminating.
IIRC I’ve heard that little animals adapt readily to zero G but don’t know if it was mice or something else.
From this cite comes a quote I take as meaning that mice have been in space. How do you handle mice? Something like this.
In fact, this opens to a puzzle (in html, though) that’ll get you a list. From the search page, there was a better list of “Monkeys, newts, beetles, rats, wasps, frogs, quail, dogs, bees, copepods, killifish, zebra fish, and jellyfish,” but the link wasn’t working so I can’t get you a proper cite other than to do a search in nasa about “animals in space.”
