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www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ Laika was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. -
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Laika the space dog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika She underwent extensive training for 8 months, including a centrifuge and a pressure chamber before being launched into space. But the technology to deorbit had not yet been developed, so there was no way to bring her back to Earth. But she is still remembered as a hero to all of us. -
Training
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow strays since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger. -
Preflight preparations
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ Vladimir Yazdovsky made the final selection of dogs and their designated roles. Laika was to be the "flight dog"—a sacrifice to science on a one-way mission to space.[16] Albina, who had already flown twice on a high-altitude test rocket, was to act as Laika's backup. The third dog Mushka was a "control dog"—she was to stay on the ground and be used to test instrumentation and life support. -
Voyage
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ The exact time of the liftoff varies from source to source and is mentioned as 05:30:42 Moscow Time or 07:22 Moscow Time. At peak acceleration Laika's respiration increased to between three and four times the pre-launch rate. The sensors showed her heart rate was 103 beats/min before launch and increased to 240 beats/min during the early acceleration. -
Ethics of animal testing
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ Due to the overshadowing issue of the Soviet vs. U.S. Space Race, the ethical issues raised by this experiment went largely unaddressed for some time. As newspaper clippings from 1957 show, the press was initially focused on reporting the political perspective, while the health and retrieval—or lack thereof—of Laika only became an issue later. -
Sputnik 2
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ Meeting the November deadline meant building a new craft. Khrushchev specifically wanted his engineers to deliver a "space spectacular", a mission that would repeat the triumph of Sputnik 1, stunning the world with Soviet prowess. Planners settled on an orbital flight with a dog. -
Sputnik 3
www.dodogs.website/laika-a-first-dog-in-space/ After the success of Sputnik 1 in October 1957, Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, wanted a spacecraft launched on 7 November 1957, the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution. Construction had already started on a more sophisticated satellite, but it would not be ready until December; this satellite would later become Sputnik 3. -
Legacy
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Laika is memorialised in the form of a statue and plaque at Star City, Russia, the Russian Cosmonaut training facility.[26] Created in 1997, Laika is positioned behind the cosmonauts with her ears erect.[26] The Monument to the Conquerors of Space, constructed in 1964, also includes Laika.
