Lots of things you want to know about ASTRONAUTS and some you don t du Written and illustrated by David West Smart Apple Media
The first astronaut was a do Before people were sent into space scientists had little idea of how spaceflight would affect living things So spacecraft were launched into space using animals In 1957 the first animal to orbit the planet was a stray dog from the streets of Moscow Her name was Laika which means barker in Russian Unfortunately Laika didn't survive the journey
The first person in space was a cosmonaut In 1961 a Soviet pilot named Uri Gagarin made the first journey into outer space He made a complete orbit of the Earth in Vostok 1 before landing safely back on Earth Soviet spacemen are called cosmonauts which means universe sailor O
