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Russians Reveal Early Death of Laika

Posted by michael on from the where-no-dog-had-gone-before dept.

jonerik writes "Contrary to long-believed Soviet reports that Laika the space dog - the first living animal to be launched into orbit from Earth - lived for a week or so after she was launched into orbit aboard Sputnik 2 in November 1957, CNN is now reporting that Dimitri Malashenkov of the Institute for Biomedical Problems in Moscow has presented a scientific paper at the World Space Congress in Houston, Texas in which he revealed that Laika actually died a few hours after launch due to thermal insulation problems overheating the cabin interior. Sputnik 2 remained in orbit a total of 162 days, before burning up in the atmosphere on April 14, 1958."

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  1. oh Crap! what about ... by Chiggy_Von_Richtoffe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Snowy?
    TinTin what have you done!!!!