Charlie T's Space Timeline

The first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S.-launched V-2 rocket on February 20, 1947.[1][2][3][4] The purpose of the experiment was to explore the effects of radiation exposure at high altitudes. The rocket reached 68 miles (109 km) in 3 minutes and 10 seconds, past both the U.S. 50-mile a The Blossom capsule was ejected and successfully deployed its parachute. The fruit flies were recovered alive. Other V2 missions carried biological samples, including moss.

The German v2 rocket

He became the fifth person to walk on the Moon, and the only astronaut of the Mercury Seven to walk on the Moon. During the mission, he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface.

Sally Ride was a physicist and Astronaut she joined NASA in 1978 at the age of 32.

fifth youngest of the 528 individuals who have flown in space