Who was Laika? Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, was in fact, the first living creature to orbit the Earth, who was launched aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 on November 3 ...

"She died before reaching orbit, and before any real data was gleaned about sustaining life in that environment," says Dr. Stanley Coren, professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia ...

From tardigrades to dogs, numerous animals have been to space, contributing towards space exploration and astronautical ...

It was 60 years ago, on November 3, 1957, that Laika—an 11-lb., part-terrier mongrel, picked up on the streets of Moscow—began providing answers, when the Soviet Union launched her into orbit ...

Just a month later, on 3 November, the Soviet Union chalked up another iconic first, shooting Laika, the most famous of the Soviet space dogs, into orbit on the considerably larger Sputnik 2.

Former Britain's Got Talent contestant claims her song about Soviet space dog Laika inspired Ireland's Eurovision entry after a chance meeting with winner Larissa Tormey during a Wexford street ...

but have you heard of Laika, the first animal in space? She was sent by the Soviet Union in 1957 with no plan to bring her back. This is her in the satellite capsule. A dog sits inside a capsule ...