What happened to the first monkey sent into space?

Of course, he died. After all, it was far from now, and the technology at that time was not very developed, which led to death. Fifty years ago, the earliest monkey sent into space by humans was the rhesus monkey, weighing about 4 kilograms. Scientists put the rhesus monkey into Albert I. After being anesthetized, the rhesus monkey was about to be sent to a height of 62 meters above the ground, but eventually it died because of machine failure.

Later, scientists planned to send a second monkey into space. At this time, it was Albert II, and the distance from the ground also rose to 134 km. Because of the first experience, the monkey successfully boarded the space, but unfortunately it hit the ground during the return capsule, and the monkey finally died. Then he sent the third monkey into space. For the same reason, the monkey died.

Later, it was determined that only those who rose above the ground 100 km were considered as space, and then animals were sent into space one after another. The first chimpanzee who successfully landed in space and returned to the ground safely was Ham. He was sent into space 253 kilometers above the ground by human beings, and he could also cooperate with the instructions issued by scientists. Therefore, Ham was rewarded with human food for his safe return, and then Ham was safely sent to the zoo.

Before this, many animals were sent into space, but to overcome many problems, such as weightlessness environment and the maintenance of various instruments and equipment, a little carelessness will lead to serial problems. Coupled with the need to pass through the atmosphere on the way to launch and return, it is likely to cause heavy damage to the animal's body. After all, these animals are fragile and different from humans. Many problems were not realized at that time. Therefore, it is found that long-term space life will cause irreversible changes to astronauts' genes, and animals sent into space will have similar problems. Once space migration is realized in the future, we have to pay attention to the influence of genes. This is beside the point. At present, space technology is becoming more and more perfect. As long as there is a planet suitable for immigrants, it will be built in the future.