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== Training ==
== Training ==
Laika was not easy to work with. She bit some of the trainers and had a tendency to try to run away constantly. But, Laika was much better than most of the other dogs that were in training with her. Eventually, she was chosen to be the dog that would be sent into space on [[Sputnik]] II.
Laika was not easy to work with. She bit some of the trainers and had a tendency to try to run away constantly. But, Laika was much better than most of the other dogs that were in training with her. Eventually, she was chosen to be the dog that would be sent into space on [[Sputnik]] II.
== Political Implications of Sputnik II ==
After [[Sputnik]] I successfully launched into space, [[Nikita Khrushchev]] wanted to launch another [[spacecraft]] on November 7th 1957, as that was the 40th anniversary of the [[October Revolution]]. He believed that launching the first animal into space on that anniversary would be a huge win for him on the [[political]] stage, and might even convince more countries to join the [[Soviet Union]], because the [[United States]] was lagging behind in the space race. The [[Russians]] had been working on a more sophisticated [[satellite]], but it would not be ready soon enough. This [[satellite]] would later be known as [[Sputnik]] III.
== Death ==
== Death ==