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Did Laika, the first dog in space, ever return to Earth? Actually she died shortly after take off but the spacecraft itself, Sputnik II, was destroyed before it returned with Laika's body. Laika (from Russian: Barker) was a Russian space dog that became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit.She was launched into space on Sputnik 2, a Soviet spacecraft, on November 3, 1957. Like many other animals in space, she died during the mission, though earlier than expected.he Russian pooch, unfortunately, had no way to return to Earth. After about a week in space, Laika died-the first living earth creature to leave the planet and enter space. First Animal in Space. November 3, 1957 The Soviet Union launches a female dog into space on Sputnik II.
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Laika the Dog The spacecraft continued to orbit the earth with all its systems off until it reentered earth's atmosphere on April 14, 1958 and burned up on reentry. Laika proved that it was possible for a living being to enter space. Her death also sparked animal rights debates across the planet.he spacecraft continued to orbit the earth with all its systems off until it reentered earth's atmosphere on April 14, 1958 and burned up on reentry. Laika proved that it was possible for a living being to enter space. Her death also sparked animal rights debates across the planet.
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Space History Photo: Nichelle Nichols, NASA Recruiter From NASA | January 03, 2014 01:32pm ET. The Star Trek actress, Nichelle Nichols, shown here in 1977, was employed by NASA to recruit new astronauts into the late 1980s. Credit: NASA.
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- On Feb. 1, 2003, seven astronauts were killed when the shuttle broke up over Texas preparing to land at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.
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Russia forgot to send toothbrush with first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space with Vostok 6. The new exhibition also includes many items that have been declassified by Russia including a five metre tall LK-3 lunar lander which was kept secret until 1989.
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Trivia  (173) In 2006, Americans commemorated the crew of space shuttle Challenger 20 years after they died while taking off for space on January 28, 1986. Seven crew members, including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, had been killed as Challenger blasted upward from Kennedy Space Center.
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What does Laika mean? Laika is Russian-literally-for barker!! The Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into space aboard the Sputnik 2 space capsule. Laika is also the name for a type of hunting dog.There are three breeds-the Russian European Laika, the East Siberian Laika and the West Siberian Laika. Note that Laika, the dog that went to space, is in fact a mongrel.aika is Russian-literally-for barker!! The Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into space aboard the Sputnik 2 space capsule. Laika is also the name for a type of hunting dog.
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LAIKA Laika entered the Russian space program having been captured as a stray from the streets of Moscow. Before Sputnik 2, rockets had been launched by both the Soviet Union and the U.S. with animals on board-mice, dogs and monkeys, but Laika was the first to reach the upper layers of the atmosphere in low Earth orbit.he first living creature in space was launched on a one way journey on 3 November 1957. Laika in her carrier (source). When, on 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 as the world's first artificial satellite, the western world took notice.
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Successful Indians Abroad 20. Punjab-born American Kalpana Chawla was the first woman in space. She flew the shuttle in 1997 as a mission specialist. In 2003, she accompanied other seven crew members into the space, but died while the space shuttle split up over Texas in Earth's atmosphere.
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Soviet space dogs Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space. One of the pups was named Pushinka (пушинка, Fluffy) and was presented to President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.
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- Elizabeth Dohrer, SPACE.com Contributor | September 25, 2012 06:55pm ET. The Soviet Union stunned the world on Nov. 3, 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 2. On board the small satellite was a little dog, Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth. However, Laika was not the first animal in space. The United States and the U.S.S.R. had been putting animals atop rockets since 1947. Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living being in orbit.
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- February 7, 2008—NASA launched the space shuttle Atlantis Thursday afternoon for a mission to attach the European Space Agency's Columbus laboratory to the International Space Station. more.
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Columbia Disaster: What Happened, What NASA Learned by Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | February 01, 2013 10:00am ET. On Feb. 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia broke up as it returned to Earth, killing the seven astronauts on board. NASA suspended space shuttle flights for more than two years as it investigated the disaster.olumbia, on mission STS-107, left Earth for the last time on Jan. 16, 2003. At the time, the shuttle program was focused on building the International Space Station.
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- Launched in 2004, it took European Space Agency's Rosetta probe ten years to reach Comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko. The World watched as the ESA team successfully oversaw a soft landing by their Philae lander, which conveyed valuable data from the Comet's surface. The U.S. National Space Policy of 2010 set out goals for space exploration; to send humans to an asteroid by 2025 and to the planet Mars in the 2030s.
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The Shuttle Explodes The American space shuttle, Challenger, has exploded killing all seven astronauts on board. The five men and two women - including the first teacher in space - were just over a minute into their flight from Cape Canaveral in Florida when the Challenger blew up.
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Sputnik 2 Sputnik 2 (Russian pronunciation:, Russian: спутник-2, Satellite 2), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, Russian: простейший спутник 2, Elementary Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on 3 November 1957, and the first to carry a living animal, a Soviet space dog named Laika, who died a few hours after the launch.
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- On February 11, 2015, DSCOVR was finally lofted into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. After journey of about 1.6 million kilometers (1 million miles) to the L1 Lagrange Point, the satellite and its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth.
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- On April 11, 2008, Russian officials unveiled a monument to Laika. A small monument in her honour was built near the military research facility in Moscow that prepared Laika's flight to space. It features a dog standing on top of a rocket. She also appears on the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in Moscow.
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Laika Three dogs were trained for the Sputnik 2 flight: Albina, Mushka, and Laika. Soviet space-life scientists Vladimir Yazdovsky and Oleg Gazenko trained the dogs. To adapt the dogs to the confines of the tiny cabin of Sputnik 2, they were kept in progressively smaller cages for periods of up to 20 days.
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- Early shuttles took satellite equipment into space and carried out various scientific experiments. Did You Know? After Teacher in Space Christa McAuliffe was killed during the 1986 Challenger disaster, her backup, a former math teacher named Barbara Morgan, served as a mission specialist during a 2007 flight of the shuttle Endeavor.
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Astronaut Scott Kelly: I could stay in space another year After 334 consecutive days in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is ready for more — a lot more. Kelly has spent more time in orbit on a single mission than any other U.S. astronaut, but he said Thursday he could hold out even longer.
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Sputnik 2 Sputnik 2 (Russian pronunciation: [ˈsputʲnʲɪk], Russian: спутник-2, Satellite 2), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, Russian: простейший спутник 2, Elementary Satellite 2) was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on 3 November 1957, and the first to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika.
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Laika Laika's coffin circled the Earth 2,570 times and burned up in the Earth's atmosphere on 4 April 1958. First dog in space died within hours. The dog Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth, did not live nearly as long as Soviet officials led the world to believe.
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The Soviet mutt named Laika would make history in 1957 when she entered space on Sputnik II, but sadly she would not return. By on April 19, 2016. 1  Vintage Soviet stamp of Laika on the Sputnik 2. 2  Picture from Soviet daily Pravda dated November 13, 1957 of Laika. 3  Yuri Gagarin poses with his wife Valentina and daughter Jelena on the beach in Glasma.