Not sure if this has been posted here before but I just came across this in wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Tortoise
First tortoise in space
The first tortoise in space, and one of the first animals of any kind in deep space was a Russian Tortoise, sent by the Soviet Union (along with wine flies, mealworms and other biological specimens) on a circumlunar voyage from September 14 to September 21, 1968.[6]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Tortoise
First tortoise in space
The first tortoise in space, and one of the first animals of any kind in deep space was a Russian Tortoise, sent by the Soviet Union (along with wine flies, mealworms and other biological specimens) on a circumlunar voyage from September 14 to September 21, 1968.[6]
