Laika dog

A street dog named Laika became the lop-eared icon of the Soviet space program when she was blasted into orbit in 1957. Sixty years on we look at the handful of images that remain of the little dog that helped pave the way to space.

Alex Wellerstein examines the legacy of Laika, the Soviet space dog launched sixty years ago aboard Sputnik 2, humanity’s second-ever satellite.

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Spillwords.com presents: I Was Named Laika, written by Siva Wright, a literature student who aspires to be a writer & tries to write on new concepts.

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Laika. Yet another sad story of the betrayal of a dog's trust by man. Picture by Alain Helmer. More about her here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika