Space dog laika
â–¶Laika(1954-3 November 1957)Big textwas a soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in speace,and the first animal to orbit the earth.Laika a story dog from the streets of moscow,was selected to be the occupant of the soviet spacecraft sputnik 2 that was launched into outer space on 3rd november 1957.
Little was known about the impact of spaceflight on living creatures at the time of laika's mission, and the technology to de-orbit had not yet been developed,so laika's survival was never expected.'