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The first animals launched into space by the United States were fruit flies, carried on a captured German V-2 rocket in 1947, and they were recovered alive.

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Is it true that the first animals launched into space by the United States were fruit flies, carried on a captured German V-2 rocket in 1947, and they were recovered alive?

Yes. A Wikipedia reference states the first animals sent into space were fruit flies aboard a U.S.-launched V-2 rocket on 20 February 1947 from White Sands, and that the fruit flies were recovered alive.

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Animals in space - Wikipedia
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Animals in space - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animals_in_space

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