It's 60 years since #Sputnik2 was launched carrying the world's first astronaut, #Laika, a street dog into space! | Indiatimes

351K views · 546 reactions | On the 60th anniversary of Sputnik-1's launch, we remember the first hero of the space race: Laika, the Soviet street dog and first animal to orbit the Earth. | Popular Science | Facebook

Thankfully Laika is no longer orbiting earth The Sputnik 2 spacecraft carrying Laika re-entered the Earth's atmosphere five months after the launch, on April 14, 1958, and disintegrated. Burning the dog corpse into smithereens. #Space_Aus 🛰️ | Australian Research & Space Exploration - Space Australia