laika was the name of dog that went into space first.
what is the name of dog that went into space first?
laika
laika (лайка, "barker") became the first living earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit, aboard sputnik 2 on 3 november 1957. some call her the first living passenger to go into space, but many sub-orbital flights with animal passengers passed the edge of space first, for instance the rhesus macaque albert ii. she was also known as zhuchka (жучка, "little bug") and limonchik (лимончик, "little lemon"). the american media dubbed her "muttnik", making a play-on-words for the canine follow-on to the first orbital mission, sputnik. she died between five and seven hours into the flight from stress and overheating. her true cause of death was not made public until october 2002; officials previously gave reports that she died when the oxygen supply ran out. at a moscow press conference in 1998 oleg gazenko, a senior soviet scientist involved in the project, stated "the more time passes, the more i'm sorry about it. we did not learn enough from the mission to justify the death of the dog...".
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first man into space (working title: satellite of blood) is an independently made 1959 british black-and-white science fiction-horror film produced by john croydon, charles f. vetter, and richard gordon for amalgamated films. it was directed by robert day and stars marshall thompson, marla landi, bill edwards, and robert ayres. the film is based on a story by wyott ordung, while the plot was developed from a script that had been pitched to and rejected by aip. "first man into space" was distributed by mgm.









































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