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  1. A small Russian, Siberian or Nordic hunting dog, or any dog belonging to one of the breeds.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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    • Nordic

      3 meanings: of, relating to, or belonging to a subdivision...

    • Siberian

      2 meanings: 1. of or relating to Siberia or its inhabitants...

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  2. The name “Laika” is derived from the Russian word “лайкать,” which means “to bark.”. Specifically, “laika” in Russian refers to certain breeds of hunting dogs known for their barking abilities. These dogs, primarily used in Russia and surrounding areas, have a long history as efficient hunters and loyal companions.

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    After the success of Sputnik 1 in October 1957, Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, wanted a spacecraft launched on 7 November 1957, the fortieth anniversary of the October Revolution. Construction had already started on a more sophisticated satellite, but it would not be ready until December; this satellite would later become Sputnik 3. Meeting ...

    Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow a week before the launch. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow strays since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger. She was a 5 kg (11 lb) mongrel female, approximately three years old. Another account reported that she weighed ab...

    Yazdovsky made the final selection of dogs and their designated roles. Laika was to be the "flight dog" – a sacrifice to science on a one-way mission to space. Albina, who had already flown twice on a high-altitude test rocket, was to act as Laika's backup. The third dog, Mushka, was a "control dog" – she was to stay on the ground and be used to te...

    Accounts of the time of launch vary from source to source, given as 05:30:42 Moscow Time or 07:22 Moscow Time. At peak acceleration, Laika's respiration increased to between three and four times the pre-launch rate. The sensors showed her heart rate was 103 beats/min before launch and increased to 240 beats/min during the early acceleration. After ...

    Due to the overshadowing issue of the Soviet–U.S. Space Race, the ethical issues raised by this experiment went largely unaddressed for some time. As newspaper clippings from 1957 show, the press was initially focused on reporting the political perspective, while Laika's health and retrieval – or lack thereof – only became an issue later. Sputnik 2...

    Laika is memorialised in the form of a statue and plaque at Star City, the Russian Cosmonaut training facility. Created in 1997, Laika is positioned behind the cosmonauts with her ears erect. The Monument to the Conquerors of Space in Moscow, constructed in 1964, also includes Laika. On 11 April 2008 at the military research facility where staff ha...

    In Spanish: Laika para niños 1. Laika (cigarette) 2. Animals in space 3. Albert II, first mammal in space 4. Félicette, first cat in space 5. Belka and Strelka 6. Soviet space dogs 7. List of individual dogs 8. Transportation of animals

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › LaikaLaika - Wikipedia

    Laika (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə / LY-kə; Russian: Лайка, IPA:; c. 1954 – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957.

  4. Laika (Russian: Лайка; [a] c. 1954 – November 3, 1957) was a Soviet Union space dog. She was one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. [1] She was a mix of either a Siberian Husky or other Nordic breed, and a terrier. NASA refers to Laika as a "part- Samoyed terrier." [2]

  5. Where does the noun laika come from? Earliest known use. 1900s. The earliest known use of the noun laika is in the 1900s. OED's earliest evidence for laika is from 1905, in the writing of H. de Bylandt. laika is a borrowing from Russian. Etymons:Russianlaĭka. See etymology.

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  7. Oct 22, 2014 · But Laika made it into orbit alive, a historic feat, and became a cultural phenomenon. Recent poems by Charles Bennett and Patti White testify to Laika’s continuing place in collective memory. In the space race, the U.S. preferred rhesus, squirrel, and pig-tailed monkeys, as well as chimpanzees, while the Russians worked with female dogs (they found that waste disposal was easier with the ...

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