The story of Laika, the first dog in space, has been shrouded in legend, misinformation, and propaganda since she first ...

In the late 1950s, Moscow’s streets were full of stray dogs that adapted to freezing nights and scarce food. One small mixed‑breed stood out to Soviet researchers for her calm nature and size. She was ...

Sixty-eight years ago, on November 3, 1957, a historic event unfolded when Laika, a small stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, ...

Laika: The space pioneer who opened the cosmos The Space Race between superpowers captured global imagination during the 1950s, but few participants faced stakes as ultimate as a small mixed-breed dog ...