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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionThe Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way ...

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   Apr 11, 2018 · The story of Laika lives on today in websites, YouTube videos, poems and children’s books, at least one of which provides a happy ending for the doomed dog. Laika’s cultural impact has been ...

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2. www.euronews.com › culture › 2023/11/03Culture Re-View: How Laika become the most famous dog outside ...

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   Nov 3, 2023 · The night before her flight, scientist Vladimir Yazdovsky took Laika home to play with his children, knowing her fate the next day. Of three dogs trained, Laika was put in the Sputnik 2 spacecraft ...

3. www.livescience.com › space-dogs-documentary-laikaLaika and her crew: 'Space Dogs' documentary ... - Live Science

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   Sep 12, 2020 · Laika, a stray dog scooped off the streets of Moscow, launched on the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2 mission in November 1957, just a month after Sputnik 1's liftoff opened the space age. The 11-lb. (5 ...

4. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › the-sovietSoviet Union launches a dog into space | November 3, 1957 ...

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   Feb 9, 2010 · The Soviet Union launches the first animal to orbit the earth into space—a dog nicknamed Laika—aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft.. Laika, part Siberian husky, lived as a stray on the Moscow ...

5. www.smh.com.au › world › europeFrom the Archives, 1957: First dog in space

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   From the Archives, 1957: First dog in space. A month after Sputnik I, Russia had successfully launched a second space satellite, this time with a dog on board. The fate of Laika was of concern to ...

6. www.scienceabc.com › nature › animalsWhat Happened To Our First Space Dog, Laika? » ScienceABC

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   Oct 19, 2023 · Sputnik-2 and the space dog Laika were both launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 3, 1957. Laika’s flight was the top story in practically every newspaper around the globe that week. The control station back on Earth received data about her condition from the Sputnik-2 capsule.

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   Where does the story of Laika Come from?

   • The story of Laika (above, in a postage stamp from the Emirate of Ajman, now part of the UAE) lives on today in websites, YouTube videos, poems, and children’s books, at least one of which provides a happy ending for the doomed dog. Vintageprintable1, Flickr

   The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip Into

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   Will Laika return to Earth in 8 days?

   • The charming dog had a one-way ticket to space, though this wasn’t made clear to the world at large. According to Le Figaro (in French), international concern for Laika sparked conversations in which Russian officials reassured critics that the dog would be safely returned to Earth in eight days.

   How Laika, a stray dog, became the world's first cosmonaut, 60 years

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   Did Laika die in Sputnik 2?

   • Of three dogs trained, Laika was put in the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. It was launched from the USSR on this day in 1957. In Sputnik 2, Laika reached outer space before going into orbit. She survived for at least five hours before readings made it clear that Laika died in flight.

   Culture Re-View: How Laika become the most famous dog ... - Euronews

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   How long did Laika live on Earth?

   • The dog was expected to orbit the Earth, surviving for eight to 10 days;, but she was never expected to return alive, according to the biologist who trained Laika. That just wasn’t possible at the time. A monument to the cosmonaut in Moscow. Laika didn’t last even a day. She lived only a few short hours after takeoff.

   How Laika, a stray dog, became the world's first cosmonaut, 60 years

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   Why did Laika die?

   • Unfortunately, loss of the heat shield made the temperature in the capsule rise unexpectedly, taking its toll on Laika. She died “soon after launch,” Russian medical doctor and space dog trainer Oleg Gazenko revealed in 1993. “The temperature inside the spacecraft after the fourth orbit registered over 90 degrees,” Lewis says.

   The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip Into

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   What if Laika had been a part of the Cold War?

   • “One small paw for dog. One giant leap for dogkind.” It’s what Laika would have said, if the poor dog had had any awareness of the historical achievement she was a part of. Laika was the first dog to go to space as part of the USSR and the US’s bitter cosmological rivalry was at its peak during the Cold War.

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   Nov 3, 2017 · PublishedNovember 3, 2017. Laika was a dog with humble beginnings who would become a global star. The first living being to leave the Earth’s orbit, taking off 60 years ago today in the Russian ...