Did laika die in space6/14/2023 ![]() ![]() And humans still don’t learn anything from their deaths. Now that we have achieved progress millions of stray dogs continue to be killed…unjustified, just because they are strays. More than half a century ago a stray dog died into space in order for humans to achieve progress. ![]() The Soviet Union sent Laika into space on its spacecraft Sputnik 2. It was only 45 years later that one of the scientists responsible for sending Laika into space expressed regret for allowing her to die: ”…we shouldn’t have done it…We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog”. The first animal to ever be launched into space was a dog named Laika. The scientists chose to use stray dogs because they considered that they had already learned to endure conditions of extreme temperature and hunger. He tragically passed away just a week after being in space. ![]() He was sent by Russian scientists in 1957 in a ship named Sputnik 2. The first mammals to orbit Earth and survive were a host of animals that the Soviet Union launched on. Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable and Laika had always been intended to die. Engineers had not designed the environmental control system for a lengthy mission and it is likely that Laika only survived for a few hours after reaching orbit. (He/Her) Laika was the first animal to be sent into space. Laika died in orbit as a re-entry strategy could not be worked out in time for the launch. The dog was born in 1954 and died three years. One of the technicians preparing the capsule before liftoff stated that “after placing Laika in the container and before closing the hatch we kissed her nose and wished her bon voyage, knowing that she would not survive the flight”. For those who don’t know who this dog is, Laika was a Soviet space dog, known for being the first animal in space and the first to orbit the earth. Laika was a mongrel female, approx 3 years old, quiet and charming. She died a painful death, within hours, from overheating and panic. With only 3 weeks to create the new spacecraft, the Russians didn’t have time to create a way for Laika to make it home. Sputnik 2 reentered Earths atmosphere a few month later, on April 14, 1958. As the world watched and waited for news of Laika’s condition, the Soviet Union announced that a recovery plan had not been established for Laika. No, Laika died on the fourth orbit after the air-conditioning system malfunctioned. She was launched on a one-way trip into outer space, on board of Sputnik 2. 1954 November 3, 1957) was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal. On 3 November 1957, Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow became the first living creature to orbit the Earth, paving the way for human spaceflight. ![]()
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