What was the first living creature sent into orbit around Earth?
Laika, a Russian street dog, went to space in 1957 on the satellite Sputnik 2.
<START_INST>What was the first living creature sent into orbit around Earth?<END_INST><START_CTX><END_CTX><START_A>Laika, a Russian street dog, went to space in 1957 on the satellite Sputnik 2.<END_A>