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LAIKA SPUTNIK 2
In 1951, Soviet space dog Bobik escaped before launch; scientists found a stray near the canteen, named her ZIB, and sent her 100 km up before a safe returnA stray dog known as ZIB unexpectedly filled in for a canine that went missing just before a Soviet rocket launch. With no training at all,...- In 1951, Yorick the monkey and 11 mice rode an Aerobee rocket to 236,000 feet; the flight showed animals could survive launch and landing, though Yorick died after touchdownIn 1951, a rhesus monkey named Yorick embarked on a groundbreaking mission aboard a rocket, soaring nearly forty-five miles above the New M...
- The heartbreaking story of Laika, the Russian space dog who circled Earth 2,570 timesIn 1957, Laika, a Moscow stray, became the first dog in orbit aboard Sputnik 2. Her mission aimed to study spaceflight effects on living be...
- Jules Verne to Tintin, the works that sparked our lunar imaginationNothing underlines this more than the fact that 50 years ago, the first man landed on the moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969 — Monday, July 21 i...
- Meet the animals that created their own history to revel inMany of these animals have offered their services or have been the inspiration to mankind.
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