Laika dog

A street dog named Laika became the lop-eared icon of the Soviet space program when she was blasted into orbit in 1957. Sixty years on we look at the handful of images that remain of the little dog that helped pave the way to space.

Alex Wellerstein examines the legacy of Laika, the Soviet space dog launched sixty years ago aboard Sputnik 2, humanity’s second-ever satellite.

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Laika. Yet another sad story of the betrayal of a dog's trust by man. Picture by Alain Helmer. More about her here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

In the late 1940’s both Soviets and Americans began investigating the expanse of space by sending animals up, up and away. It began with fruit flies in 1947, grew to include monkeys in 1949 and mice in 1950, but no animal actually entered orbit until November 3rd, 1957, when Laika, a Soviet trained street dog, made history. Sputnik 1 was the first satellite to orbit the Earth, but Sputnik 2 (or more appropriately Muttnik) was the first satellite to reach orbit with a creature aboard. Laika…

Laika the space dog collage

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