Remembering Laika the space dog. ... When the Soviets announced the bigger-and-better Sputnik II a month later, they lapped NASA again, especially since this one would carry a passenger.

What if I told you that a fly landed in space? Impossible, isn't it? Well, it appears that it has happened! While we can all ...

Page 164 of the 2007 book, "Animals in Space," co-published by Colin Burgess and Chriss Dubbs, described a 1999 interview with Russian researchers, noting that Laika died after Sputnik 2 overheated: ...

Laika, the first living creature ever sent in space, onboard Sputnik II. -/AFP At the time, the Soviets claimed they had euthanized Laika through a poisoned portion of food.

For the "priceless-to-science" body of Laika, the Russian dog still orbiting in Sputnik II, rival spaceships battled grimly last week with every weapon still unknown to science. The ...

Space dog: Laika, a stray from the streets of Moscow, made history as the first living creature in space. She survived only a few hours aboard Sputnik II, launched on 3 November 1957.

The first one was essentially a stunt, and the second one had an animal payload and thermal problems that killed the canine occupant, [Laika]. Most people don’t remember the later Sputnik missions.

Laika, the dog that died in Sputnik, has caused a ripple of compassion the world over, even as compassion may be excited when any life is sacrificed for whatever reason. The sacrifice of Laika, how ...