[Animals] Laika and the stories of other animals that traveled and died in space

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Exploring space was always a dream that has taken decades and so that now humans can say that they orbited the Earth, there were a series of events involved, which even claimed lives.

The historical archives report about 22 people who have lost their lives in the project of going out and exploding that is outside the earth. And although it is not remembered, in parallel, more than twice as many animals died on the same journey.
Laika, a Russian dog, was the first living being to leave earth. What people have forgotten is that she, being the first to achieve it, she was also the first to die after achieving it. The animals were highly used at that time by researchers to determine the conditions outside the planet earth.

Let's meet the animals that risked their lives for science, below:
Laika, the pioneer dog

Laika was a three-year-old dog who was found wandering the streets of Moscow. Soviet scientists chose to use stray dogs from the Soviet capital as it was assumed that these animals had already learned to withstand extreme cold and starvation conditions.

By the time of conscription, the Soviet Union was standing out as the first power to send an artificial satellite out of our orb.

It marks 63 years of the space feat of Laika, the first living being to orbit the Earth

Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft to be put into orbit around the Earth, at 02:30 UTC on November 3, 1957. It was a 4 meter high conical capsule with a 2 meter diameter base. It contained several compartments to house radio transmitters, a telemetry system, a programmable unit, a cabin temperature and regeneration control system and scientific instruments, Europa Press details.

Laika was restrained with a harness, a bag collected the excrement, and electrodes monitored vital signs.

 

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