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She Was The First Dog Launched Into Space, With Only One Meal And A Seven-Day Oxygen Supply
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into space. She rode aboard the Sputnik 2 […] ...
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OTD In Space – February 22: Soviet Space Dogs Launch On Record-Setting Mission
On February 22, 1966, two Soviet space dogs launched on a mission that would set a new record for the longest spaceflight. Veterok and Ugolyok, whose names translate to "Light Breeze" and "Coal" spent ...
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Sputnik 1
the most famous of the Soviet space dogs, into orbit on the considerably larger Sputnik 2. She didn’t make it back to Earth. For decades, the official line was that she died painlessly after ...
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DNA testing no shaggy dog story
With this sort of information at hand, we could identify definitively for instance, the precise composition of Laika the famous Soviet space dog as part Husky (or possibly Samoyed) and part terrier.
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The cruel story of the Russian dog Laika, the heroine of adults and boys
The dog would die in space. The protests were heard from all ... The name Laika (barker in Russian) became more than popular among those used for dogs of that time. Most of the dogs of that ...
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Dogs in space: this friendly canine AI is designed to comfort lonely astronauts
Granted, naming the pet after the pioneering yet perished Soviet space dog from 1957 might give even the dimmest AI pause for thought, but the intention is a serious one: an astronaut needs unstinting ...
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OTD In Space – February 22: Soviet Space Dogs Launch On Record-Setting Mission
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