LAIKA


This is LAIKA, who was the first creature in this earth to travel space.

Laika was travelling the space inside Sputnik 2. From what is heard Laika was partly Siberian husky. She had three names, Laika (Barker in Russain), Kudryavka (Little Curly in Russain), and Muttnik as the U.S. press named her. She was very young, only three years old. Many animals went to space but none had ever orbited the Earth like Laika did. She was still very much alive at that moment. She orbited the Earth but something happened...The batteries ran down and the air started running out. Sadly, Laika started to loose all hopes of seeing Earth again. Then, on April 14, 1958, the Sputnik 2 burned in the Earth's atmosphere as it fell.