Laika was a friendly stray found in Moscow and believed to be just three years old when she was sent on a doomed one-way mission to space aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957 ...

Laika, the Russian mixed breed, was one of the first animals to be sent into space in 1957, but the little dog was destined to never return to earth after being selected for the experimental mission ...

In the early days of space exploration, scientists sent animals like fruit flies, monkeys, dogs, tortoises and worms into ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Laika was a Russian dog who was sent on a one-way trip into space and has become a symbol for the use of animals in scientific testing which has been shared online ...

Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became the first dog in space after being launched into low orbit aboard ...

The US continued to send monkeys into space during the 40s and 50s. Most of them met similarly grizzly fates. ... In Sputnik 2, Laika reached outer space before going into orbit.

Early animal experiments in space. As it turns out, Laika was not the first dog that the USSR sent into space, and was far from the first animal sent into space — but all launches before never ...

While the world recently erupted in applause after seeing astronaut Subhanku Shukla perform a perfect somersault in space, it ...

The heart-wrenching tale of Laika, the dog who was sent into space to orbit the earth with no return ticket, has sparked renewed sorrow online. Laika, a mixed breed from Russia, was merely one of ...

While the US was sending monkeys into space, the Soviet Union preferred to send dogs. The most famous canine space traveler was Laika, though she was not the first dog in space. Dezik and Tsygan, two ...

Laika was not intended to return alive, and she died shortly after the launch due to overheating and stress. Her body disintegrated into space on re-entry. She was later renamed "Muttnik" in the ...

The poignant story of Laika, the dog sent into space with no means of return, has recently resurfaced online, reigniting a wave of sadness. Laika, a mixed breed from Russia, was just one of many ...