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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Storm clouds rolled in and thunder sounded over the Cape with just hours to go until Saturday's launch, leaving many to wonder if NASA's Crew-9 would get off the ground. But as launch time ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to launch at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT) today (Oct. 14), but it could fly anytime through Nov. 6. Update for 1:30 p.m. EDT: SpaceX and NASA have successfully ...

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 ...