A small but poignant exhibition in Museum of Flight is dedicated to the first animals in space, providing trivia and archival ...

In this animation video we will look at the sad story of Laika who was the first dog in space. During the space race between ...

Laika: On November 3, 1957, Laika, a stray dog, was sent aboard Sputnik 2. Tragically, Laika died a few hours into the flight, marking a significant, albeit heartbreaking, milestone in space ...

The names Apollo and Gemini being the names of space missions by NASA in the 1960s and 70s ... Two pieces which reflected the Gemini theme of space were ‘The Dance’ and ‘Laika’. ‘The Dance’ is ...

Dogs Among several dogs sent to the Soviet Union, Laika was the most famous one ... Monkeys Ham, a powerful chimpanzee, was launched by Nasa in 1960 and returned safely. As of date, 32 apes and ...

The Soviets followed the launch with Sputnik II on November 3, which had a much heavier payload, including a dog named Laika ... and Space Administration (NASA) opened shortly after, in 1958.

The next year is crucial for the future of NASA and its plans to extend human activity in low-Earth orbit. For the first time in decades, the US space agency faces the not-too-distant prospect of ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is playing down concerns raised in a recent report about a long-running air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station, saying they have recently reduced ...

NASA will put the completed Janus spacecraft into long-term storage with the hopes of potentially flying them on a future mission. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — After a four-week hiatus ...

NASA and SpaceX are still targeting a Saturday launch for the Crew-9 mission, whose astronauts will head to orbit aboard a Dragon spacecraft that will bring the Starliner crew back to Earth next year.

NASA cleared its next astronaut flight to the International Space Station for launch on Friday (Sept. 27), a weekend liftoff that will help return two Boeing Starliner astronauts home and break in ...