The same is true of the first animals in space. Human beings had visions of traveling above the atmosphere and out toward the moon and planets, but the survivability of such an enterprise was very ...

From towering beasts to colossal space creatures, Star Wars is packed with giants that boggle the imagination. Explore the 10 ...

From the top of a tall mountain range to the bottom of the sea, they can almost be found anywhere on Earth. From a vacuum state (No Air) to radiation blasts 700 times stronger than the sun's rays ...

Despite the unique title of being one of the first animals in space, it will have offered little comfort to her as she was fired away from earth, the sole passenger of the small Sputnik 2 spacecraft.