Type of animal first to be sent into orbit around the Earth Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Type of animal first to be sent into orbit around the Earth featured in Times Specialist puzzle on May 11, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 3 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DOG.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DOG Type of animal first to be sent into orbit around the Earth (3) The Times Specialist May 11, 2026
3% APOGEE Point in orbit farthest from Earth (6) Wall Street Journal Apr 6, 2026
3% LAIKA First animal to orbit the Earth (5)
3% GLENN First earth orbiter (5)
2% EWE Fewer around animal (3) (3) Mirror Cryptic May 11, 2026
2% LLAMA Animal that ranges around Peru (5) New York Times May 11, 2026
2% ECRU Earth tone (4) LA Times Daily May 7, 2026
2% FAXED Sent by phone (5) Eugene Sheffer May 5, 2026
2% ARTEMISII NASA's first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in more than 50 years (9) The Atlantic May 1, 2026
2% DIRT Earth (4) (4) The Sun Mini Apr 27, 2026

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