Laika was not intended to return alive, and she died shortly after the launch due to overheating and stress. Her body ...

one of the mission scientists took Laika home to play with his children. In a book chronicling the story of Soviet space medicin ...

On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into space. She rode aboard the Sputnik 2 with only one meal and a seven-day oxygen supply. She made history as the first living ...

The dog was paid tributes and monuments, many countries issued allusive stamps, but none ... mingling with the lackluster bark of Laika, in outer space. *Prof. Dr. Juan Enrique Romero @drromerook ...