1. Laika (dog-cosmonaut)By
Daniil Agniashvili
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2. Laika - Soviet cosmonaut dog, the first animal launched into Earth orbit. Was launched into space on Nov. 3, 1957 at half past five in the morning Moscow time on a Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. At that time, Laika was about two years, and weight - about 6 pounds.

3. Return Laika to Earth was not planned
Return Laika to Earth was not planned. Like many other animals in space, the dog died during the flight - in 5-7 hours after the start she died from stress and overheating, although it was assumed that she will live for about a week

4. Laika in popular culture(1)
British ska band "7 Seconds Of Love» recorded a track «Rocket Dog», dedicated to Laika. The leader of this group is Joel Veytch - famous animator, who also made a flash video for this song .
Danish disc jockey and musician Anders Trentemeller in 2007 together with compatriot Anet Trelat's released a remix of «Moan» , which immediately became a hit and ended up in the top 30 singles in Denmark . In the video for this remix shows the history of the dog Laika into space to launch and in orbit.
Cigarettes "Laika" were issued after unexpectedly strong negative reaction from people on the death of a dog-astronaut.

5. Laika in popular culture(2)
There is a Finnish surf band Laika The Cosmonauts
One collection of remixes called Gorillaz Laika Come Home
Popular in the 80 years the Spanish group Mecano released the song «Laika», devoted to the Soviet dog in my album «Descanso dominical» in 1988.
Laika monument installed in Crete (Greece) at the Museum Homo Sapiens. There is a monument to Yuri Gagarin, who died the crews of Apollo, the Unions and the space shuttle (only 21 people) and quite lively Neil Armstrong - for a walk on the moon.

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