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Laika was a homeless mutt from Moscow who was adopted by the Soviet space program and blasted into orbit in 1957 in Sputnik 2, in an experiment to see if a living creature could survive in space.

Not all scientific achievements are made by man. In fact, one of the greatest accomplishments was made by a dog. Meet Laika, the dog who—quite literally—went where no man had gone before (or woman, ...

On November 3, 1957, a street dog named Laika became the first Earthling to orbit our planet. The Soviet Union had launched many good dogs into outer space before, but Laika became a global sensation ...

Sixty-eight years ago, on November 3, 1957, a historic event unfolded when Laika, a small stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, ...

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… Some never to return. This new Cold War musical about the Soviet-American space race pays tribute to the pups who preceded the cosmonauts. By Maya Phillips We’re in 1957, the height of the Cold War.