Russians Reveal Early Death of Laika

Posted by michael on Tuesday October 29, 2002 @10:53AM 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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A dog? In space? by floydigus · 2002-10-29 11:25 · Score: 0, Troll

Pure fantasy!

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Re:Makes me sick! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-29 22:32 · Score: -1, Troll

People like you that put animals over your fellow humans are worse than Serial Killers, Child Molesters, Rapists, and Thieves.
You all deserve to be shot into space to your own little killer, rapist, thieving world.