Welcome to the Animal Astronaut Memorial
This website is dedicated to the animals who lost their lives for humanity's dream of spaceflight.
Our interactive timeline has information about the life and mission of each animal. You can explore the timeline on your own or click on a photo below to learn more.
You may also look through all the photos on our memorial photo wall.
If you have photos or information that would make our memorial more complete, please reach out here.
Many thanks to Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs for their book "Animals in Space", Judy and Volker for their interest in animal astronauts, and Riley Pierce for providing this site's animated background.
Website by Andrew Lesh. The photograph of P. spatialis water bears from the Foton-M No. 3 mission is graciously provided by Prof. Lorena Rebecchi (all rights reserved). All other images used are believed to be in the public domain.