The heartbreaking story of Laika the street dog, who was literally sent to space to 'die'
Laika was not intended to return alive, and she died shortly after the launch due to overheating and stress. Her body ...
Russian cosmonauts became the only people to die in space after spending 23 days orbiting Earth
Soviet Russia's Soyuz 11 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev died on their return to Earth ...
10 Times Animals Changed History
Cher Ami is credited with saving the lives of 194 members of Whittlesey’s “Lost Battalion.” He became known as a war hero in ...
Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk
While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...
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Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk
a dog named Laika, and the first human, cosmonaut, Yuri Gagrin, in April 1961. Other Soviet firsts included the first crewed spaceflight, the first person to orbit the Earth, the first woman in ...
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When Yuri Gagarin gave Britain’s ruling class a headache
Humankind had entered the space age, and as the cosmonaut at the centre of it ... Of course, Yuri Gagarin was merely the first human being in space. Laika, a stray mongrel from Moscow had orbited the ...
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When Russian Cosmonaut Met A US Colleague And Sent A Selfie To Sunita Williams
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev, participant of three ISS expeditions, met astronaut Mike Massimino in India, the two took a selfie and sent it to Sunita Williams. "She (Sunita) is one of the happiest ...
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Ohio reports thousands of dog attacks a year. What to know about the state's dog laws
In 2012, Ohio revamped its dog laws to move away from restrictions targeted at specific types of dogs, such as pit bulls. The current law focuses on the behavior of the dogs, not the breeds.