Space.com reports:
Laika, a stray dog scooped off the streets of Moscow, launched on the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 mission in November 1957, just a month after Sputnik 1’s liftoff opened the space age. The 11-lb. (5 kilograms) mixed-breed quickly died of overheating and circled Earth as a corpse until April 1958, when Sputnik 2 fell back into the atmosphere and burned…
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Laika and her crew: ‘Space Dogs’ documentary explores Moscow through a stray’s eyes
A new film channels the spirit and traces the lineage of Laika, the first creature ever to orbit Earth. Source: https://www.livescience.com/space-dogs-documentary-laika-soviet-spaceflight.html
Space Dogs review: A dog’s-eye view of how Laika could have lived
Space Dogs follows the story of Laika, the first living being to orbit Earth, and imagines what her life could have been like had she survived reentry Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254259-space-dogs-review-a-dogs-eye-view-of-how-laika-could-have-lived/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Today in science: Launch of Sputnik
Sputnik’s unassuming beep ushered in the Space Age. Hear it here. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-launch-of-sputnik-october-4-1957…
Follow the Giant Footprints to These 8 Superior Bigfoot Movies
You don’t have to venture too deep into the Hollywood forest to find a crummy take on Bigfoot. But the hairy cryptid has also appeared in several projects that are actually worth watching. With Laika’s stop-motion film Missing Link out this week, it seemed like just the moment to celebrate eight of Sasquatch’s biggest… Read more…… Continue reading Follow the Giant Footprints to These 8 Superior Bigfoot Movies