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OTD in Space - November 3: Laika the Dog Launches with Sputnik 2

On November 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth. Laika was a 3-year-old stray ...

First animal in space! Brave stray dog whose 1957 space mission made history and never returned

Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Her one-way mission ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Khruschev recalls Sputnik's space legacy 50 years later

The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union 50 years ago, but the 184-pound sphere's beeping was more significant at the time for people in the United States ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Sputnik in Space and Song

The launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 50 years ago this week marked the dawn of the space age — and sparked songwriters' imaginations. Sputnik in Space and Song Sputnik in Space and Song Sputnik ...
Reuters

Space chiefs hail Sputnik as start of space age

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World space chiefs on Thursday celebrated 50 years since the launch of Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, marked the start of the space age. Sign up here. People across the ...
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First Contact: Sputnik

To say the least, it was incredible. The news relayed by the voice on the other end of the phone line hit the president of the San Gabriel Valley Radio Club like a blow to the head. Too incredible, ...