They chose stray dog Kudryavka (later dubbed Laika by the public), sending her ... Group photo of seven Challenger astronauts wearing NASA spacesuits and holding helmets. Pictured are Ellison ...

Perhaps the most famous space animal, Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living being ... testing the effects of zero gravity on their biology. In 1973, NASA sent spiders named Arabella ...

On board Sputnik 2 was Laika, a stray dog, who became the first living creature ... back to the battle there hundreds of years ago! (NASA) It's not just places and events - people from the past ...

NASA and SpaceX made another attempt on Friday to send a crew up to the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the ...

Being lost in space is a bad idea, for people and for dogs.

WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - (This March 14 story has been refiled to remove the redundant 'on Sunday' in paragraph 5) NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the ...

A DOG that 'ripped open' a Malvern family's beloved pet was returned to the care of its owner after a separate attack last year. Richard Marriott, whose family pet Laika was put to sleep after ...

NASA confirmed Thursday that the space agency may have sidestepped the sweeping layoffs it was expected to implement this week, potentially saving hundreds of newly hired employees and career ...