The Trivia Hound

790. U.S.S.R., Nov. 1957

Nora & Jim got #789!



This dog is out of this world!

| posted by John, 6:50 PM

4 Comments:

This must be Laika.
Blogger Jim, at 8:11 PM  
Da! The first dog in space. Sadly, the Russians didn't work out a way to bring the dog back...
Blogger John, at 8:13 PM  
In my research, it said that Laika probably died as soon as she got into orbit.
Blogger Jim, at 8:39 PM  
I read that too. They had planned on poisoning her after a few days but it turned out to be unnecessary.
Blogger John, at 8:47 PM  

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