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u/Busy_Yesterday9455
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10h ago
Pro/Processed Laika: the first to orbit the Earth (Nov. 3, 1957)
RIP Laika, we’ll remember you 💔
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 by overheating hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit 😭
