Sputnik (satellite)
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Sputnik was launched in 1957 AD by the Soviet Union as the first spacecraft to carry a living being, a dog, into outer space.
Sputnik I, launched October 4, 1957 AD, carried an artificial satellite into orbit. It caused a bit of a scare in the USA, that the Soviet Union got a satellite into orbit first. It was about the size of a basketball with antennas sticking out of it. It had started the Space Race between the USSR and the USA.
Sputnik II carried a dog named Laika into space on November 3, 1957 AD.