Laika space dog art

Laika. Yet another sad story of the betrayal of a dog's trust by man. Picture by Alain Helmer. More about her here: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

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"brave little cosmonaut, faithful to a fault; caught and collared, earth no more than a distant ball with which you cannot play." - laika, by sarah doyle

A stray Moscow pup traveled into orbit in 1957 with one meal and only a seven-day oxygen supply

A street dog named Laika became the lop-eared icon of the Soviet space program when she was blasted into orbit in 1957. Sixty years on we look at the handful of images that remain of the little dog that helped pave the way to space.

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