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  1. Laika the space dog: First living creature in orbit

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  2. 犬のライカはどのようにして宇宙で最初の動物になったのですか?

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  3. Remembering Laika, Space Dog and Soviet Hero

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  4. The dog Laika, first animal to orbit the Earth, before launch, November

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  5. Laika: The Soviet Space Dog Sent on a One-Way Trip into Orbit, 1957

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  6. Remembering Laika, the First Space Dog That Went on a Journey Without a

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  1. Laika

    Laika (/ ˈ l aɪ k ə / LY-kə; Russian: Лайка, IPA:; c. 1954 - 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was ...

  2. The Sad, Sad Story of Laika, the Space Dog, and Her One-Way Trip Into

    According to Animals In Space by Colin Burgess and Chris Dubbs, the Soviet Union launched dogs into flight 71 times between 1951 and 1966, with 17 deaths. The Russian space program continues to ...

  3. Laika

    Laika, the dog who became the first living creature sent into space, aboard Sputnik 2, November 1957. Sputnik, any of a series of three artificial Earth satellites, the first of whose launch by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, inaugurated the space age. Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched, was a 83.6-kg (184-pound) capsule.

  4. Laika the space dog: First living creature in orbit

    Laika was the first living creature to orbit Earth. On Nov. 3, 1957, the Soviet Union lofted a dog named Laika aboard the satellite Sputnik 2. However, Laika was not the first animal in space ...

  5. A Brief History of Animals in Space

    The dog went up with simulated cosmonaut "Ivan Ivanovich" and successfully tested the spacecraft's structure and systems. On January 31, 1961, Ham, whose name was an acronym for Holloman Aero Med, became the first chimpanzee in space, aboard the Mercury Redstone rocket on a sub-orbital flight very similar to Alan Shepard's. Ham was ...

  6. Laika the Dog: the First Animal in Outer Space

    A Canine Hero. By. Jennifer Rosenberg. Updated on July 03, 2019. Aboard the Soviet's Sputnik 2, Laika, a dog, became the very first living creature to enter orbit on November 3, 1957. However, since the Soviets did not create a re-entry plan, Laika died in space. Laika's death sparked debates about animal rights around the world.

  7. 60 years ago: The First Animal in Orbit

    Sputnik 2 burned up on reentry on April 14, 1958. It would be nearly three years before the Soviet Union orbited more animals, this time returning the entire "crew" safely to Earth, the first steps in preparation for human space flight. On November 3, 1957, less than a month after they inaugurated the Space Age, the Soviet Union took the ...

  8. The Sad Story of Laika, the First Dog Launched Into Orbit

    On this day, Nov. 3, in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first-ever living animal into orbit: a dog named Laika. The flight was meant to test the safety of space travel for humans, but it was a ...

  9. 65 years ago, a street dog paved the way for human spaceflight

    In the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow is a statue of a small mutt, Laika. A lynchpin in the history of space travel and exploration, she may be equal parts hero and victim. When ...

  10. Soviet Union launches a dog into space

    The Soviet Union launches the first animal to orbit the earth into space—a dog nicknamed ... On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space, aboard ...

  11. The Story of Laika: The First Dog in Space

    The first American dog in space. Lakia was not the only dog that travelled to space. Sadly, many animals were experimented on during the Cold War period. Although many think that Laika was sent to space by Americans, truth is that NASA did not send dogs into space. The first animal Americans sent into space were actually fruit flies, which are ...

  12. Laika: The First Earthling in Space

    October 22, 2014. 2 minutes. The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The first Earthling in space wasn't human. Not counting microbes, this first Earthling was a Russian mongrel found on the streets of Moscow. Laika the dog was launched into space on November 3rd, 1957, but didn't make it back alive to enjoy her fame.

  13. The first dog in space and all that followed: the touching story of

    Each death of a dog in space caused a storm of indignation towards the Soviet space programme, and this greatly damaged the image of the USSR as a space power. On the other hand, in the entire history of space exploration, the USSR lost only four cosmonauts in flights (against 14 American astronauts), and the Russians are very proud of this ...

  14. History of Dogs in Space

    August 19, 1960: Belka and Strelka. Despite the sad end of Lisichka and Bars' flight in July, two other four-legged cosmonauts made history on Aug. 19, 1960, when they became the first dogs to orbit the earth (as Laika had) and return home safely. Belka and Selka accomplished this feat, spending a full day in orbit.

  15. BBC World Service

    The first dog in space. Laika the Russian stray was the first dog to orbit Earth. She was sent into space on a flight in 1957 which had been timed to mark the anniversary of the Russian Revolution ...

  16. Animals in space

    The first dogs launched, Tsygan and Dezik, were aboard the R-1 IIIA-1. The dogs reached space on July 22, 1951, but did not orbit. ... As humans have grown more accustomed to space travel, fewer ...

  17. Meet Laika

    Dogs. Meet Laika - The First Dog in Space. Advertisement. On November 3, 1957, a husky-spitz mix made history by being the first living animal to enter earth's orbit. Laika was chosen by the Soviet space program to go on a seven-to-10-day mission into space. The details of what occurred on this mission would not be revealed for decades.

  18. What was the first animal in space?

    A mouse was launched into space on 15 August 1950 but did not survive the return journey. In the 1950s, the US and the Soviet Union launched a total of 12 dogs on various suborbital flights, Laika being the first. On 31 January 1961, the first hominid was launched into space. A chimpanzee named Ham was part of the US-led Mercury space programme.

  19. I Met Belka and Strelka, the First Dogs to Survive in Space

    Both dogs were rigorously trained to endure extreme acceleration, confined spaces, and other challenges of space travel. Advertisement On August 19, 1960, they launched into space aboard Korabl ...

  20. The incredible story of Belka & Strelka

    Before August 1960, the Soviet Union had already managed to send eight dogs to space, none of which made it back alive. It was always a one-way trip. The heart-wrenching story of the first mongrel ...

  21. What was the first animal in space?

    The first vertebrates sent into space were a series of ill-fated monkeys and mice launched between 1948 and 1951 by American researchers. On June 14, 1949, a Rhesus monkey named Albert II blasted ...

  22. Laika, the First Dog in Space

    View the stamps created to honor the first dog to travel into space. View the stamps created to honor the first dog to travel into space. Explore; Search. News & Events. News & Events; All NASA News; Video Series on NASA+; ... the First Dog in Space. Back to search page Audience. Students. Grade Levels. Grades K-4, Grades 5-8. Subject. History ...

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  24. The Unsung and Tragic Story of Laika the Space Dog

    The story of Laika the space dog. Laika's tale isn't one born from her choice, but it's compelling and deeply impactful nonetheless. Picked up from the streets of Moscow, she was chosen for her size, gender, and resilience, attributes that scientists believed would help her survive the grueling conditions of space travel.

  25. A robot dog is training on Earth to be able to go to space one day

    NPR's Scott Simon speaks with scientists Feifei Qian and Ryan Ewing of the LASSIE Project. It is training a robot dog to navigate different types of terrain in preparation for future space missions.

  26. The most popular dog breeds in DC, Maryland and Virginia

    The most popular dog breed in D.C. is fit for city living, according to a new report by MarketWatch Guides, an online consumer website. Researchers scoured more than 35,000 data points from pet ...

  27. The Nation's Hotels Are Embracing Dog Employees

    Lobby dogs are becoming a more frequent sight in hotels. Today explored this phenomenon in 2019, with a survey of a few spots across the country where rescue dogs were finding new work at hotels ...

  28. South Dakota governor, a potential Trump running mate, writes in new

    "I hated that dog," Noem writes, deeming her "untrainable." "At that moment," Noem writes, "I realized I had to put her down." She led Cricket to a gravel pit and killed her.

  29. Most distant spacecraft from Earth sends data to NASA for first time in

    It takes about 22 and a half hours for a radio signal to reach Voyager 1 in interstellar space, or the space between stars, NASA said. On Saturday, the spacecraft's mission team received a ...

  30. A New Statue of Queen Elizabeth II Complete With Corgis Is Unveiled

    The statue in Rutland is one of the first memorials to the late Queen to be unveiled since her death. ... several members of the Welsh Corgi League proudly brought their dogs to be part of the 400 ...