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 ...

Laika, the first living dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957, perished but contributed essential data for future space missions.

On board Sputnik 2 was Laika, a stray dog, who became the first living creature to orbit the earth in a spacecraft. They did not expect her to survive the mission. They wanted to test what would ...

To gain more information about how living creatures survive in space, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow ... Laika boarded the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2. Unfortunately, there was tragedy because ...

Perhaps the most famous space animal, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living being to orbit Earth. She was launched aboard the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 in 1957. Unfortunately, Laika ...

Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first animal to orbit Earth on November 3, 1957. Sent aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, Laika’s mission proved that living beings could survive in ...

While Laika was a Soviet dog, her contributions were integral to American space ambitions. As the first animal to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2, Laika’s mission provided data critical to space ...

Being lost in space is a bad idea, for people and for dogs.

A DOG that 'ripped open' a Malvern family's beloved pet was returned to the care of its owner after a separate attack last year. Richard Marriott, whose family pet Laika was put to sleep after ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. (KPHO/Gray News) - Police say a man and woman in Arizona are facing misdemeanor charges after a video went viral showing someone dumping a dog on the side of a road. On Monday ...