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*''Sputnik II'' carried a dog named Laika ([[Russian]]: Лайка) into space on November 3, 1957 AD. Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch. | *''Sputnik II'' carried a dog named Laika ([[Russian]]: Лайка) into space on November 3, 1957 AD. Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch. | ||
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Revision as of 16:13, June 20, 2007
Sputnik was launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union as the first spacecraft to carry a living being, a dog, into outer space.
- Sputnik I, launched October 4, 1957, carried an artificial satellite into orbit. It caused some concern in the USA, that the Soviet Union were the first to launch a satellite into orbit. Sputnki I was about the size of a basketball with antennas sticking out of it, contained a beeping radio transmitter [1], and weighing only 183 pounds [2]. This success started the Space Race between the USSR and the USA.
- Sputnik II carried a dog named Laika (Russian: Лайка) into space on November 3, 1957 AD. Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch.
See Also
References
- ↑ CNN: Cold War Vol. 3 - Documentary
- ↑ http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/