Laika

Laika 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.

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1954 — 1957  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Curly, Frisette, Kudryavka, Limonchik, Muttnik, Zhuchka, Жучка, Кудрявка, Лимончик
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Laika is seated inside a space capsule

NASA named this soil target on Mars after Laika during the Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Laika is seated inside a space capsule

Лайка (собака-космонавт)2

Laika in 1957

Laika experimental space dog space suit

Laika space suit

"Laika, first traveller into cosmos", issued by Poșta Română in 1957

Памятник Лайке на Крите

Laika ac Memorial Museum of Astronautics (6995686439)

• Laika Monument - monument in Moscow, Russia
• Laika Monument - monument in Moscow, Russia

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Laika is seated inside a space capsule		Commons
commons	image		NASA named this soil target on Mars after Laika during the Mars Exploration Rover mission.		Commons
commons	image		Laika is seated inside a space capsule		Commons
commons	image		Лайка (собака-космонавт)2		Commons
commons	image		Laika in 1957		Commons
commons	image		Laika experimental space dog space suit		Commons
commons	image		Laika space suit		Commons
commons	image		"Laika, first traveller into cosmos", issued by Poșta Română in 1957		Commons
commons	image		Памятник Лайке на Крите		Commons
commons	image		Laika ac Memorial Museum of Astronautics (6995686439)		Commons