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![LAIKA DOG SPACECRAFT SPUTNIK-2](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F14%2F61%2F146168_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_UklBIE5vdm9zdGkgIzE0NjE2OA%3D%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-146168-preview_730c2f2cda8d8826c05bc5b71aea77b4.jpg)
The dog Laika--the first living thing to fly a spacecraft--before embarking on the Sputnik-2 artificial Earth satellite, 1957.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 03.11.1957
- Date published: 01.01.2007
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: AF-1005, 24х56 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x2532px, 2Mb