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Laika
Laika ( ; , ; – 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 re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected. She died of hyperthermia hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit.
Sputnik 2
Soviet artificial satellite that took the dog Laika to the space
anti-tank dog
dog taught to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles and other military targets
Belka and Strelka
soviet space dogs
Soviet space dog
Soviet-era program that sent dogs to space with Soviet cosmonauts
Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
1940 film by D.I. Yashin
Pushinka
Pushinka () was a dog given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in 1961. Pushinka was the daughter of Strelka, who had travelled into space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2.
Dezik and Tsygan
two Soviet dogs, first higher animals to survive a spaceflight