Coffeecup
11-07-2015, 09:38 PM
November 3, 1957
I know there is a lot going on today, but it wouldn't
hurt to take a minute and celebrate Laika, the first
dog in space.
Laika, as stray dog found on the streets of Moscow,
was launched into space on the Soviet Sputnik II
satellite on November 3, 1957
Little was know about the possible effects of space
flight -- and weightlessness -- and little Laika was
chosen to go on a one-way flight into space to help
us learn.
Originally, the PR machine of the Soviet Union told
the world that Laika had a painless journey, and
was peacefully euthanized a week or so into the trip.
But this was not so. Laika died an incredibly
grizzly death!
Fifty years later, after the break-up of the old Soviet
Empire, records revealed that Lakia died horribly
within hours of launch, and likely died from a
combination of her own panic, and intense heat
inside the tiny spacecraft.
Whenever you think your having a bad day...
think of little Laika!
I know there is a lot going on today, but it wouldn't
hurt to take a minute and celebrate Laika, the first
dog in space.
Laika, as stray dog found on the streets of Moscow,
was launched into space on the Soviet Sputnik II
satellite on November 3, 1957
Little was know about the possible effects of space
flight -- and weightlessness -- and little Laika was
chosen to go on a one-way flight into space to help
us learn.
Originally, the PR machine of the Soviet Union told
the world that Laika had a painless journey, and
was peacefully euthanized a week or so into the trip.
But this was not so. Laika died an incredibly
grizzly death!
Fifty years later, after the break-up of the old Soviet
Empire, records revealed that Lakia died horribly
within hours of launch, and likely died from a
combination of her own panic, and intense heat
inside the tiny spacecraft.
Whenever you think your having a bad day...
think of little Laika!