Here is the heartbreaking story of Laika, the soviet dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth in 1957.

Laika, a Soviet dog, earned her place in history as the first living being to orbit Earth in 1957. Launched aboard Sputnik 2 ...

Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, became an international icon as the first living being to orbit Earth.

Engineer Yevgeniy Shabarov recalled the dog's final moments on Earth, saying: "After placing Laika in the container and ...

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

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Laika is remembered by many for being the first living creature to be sent into space, on November 3, 1957. Laika was the only crew member of the second artificial satellite in history, Sputnik II.

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"Use Beppo's words," mission operator James Austin Johnson suggests to Mulaney, who takes a deep breath. "Beppo no go home.

A leader of a rescue group immediately recognized Apollo, one of millions of stray dogs in Egypt, barking at birds atop the Pyramid of Khafre.