1957: An Albanian postage stamp depicting Laika, the dog sent into space on the Russian space satellite Sputnik.
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Laika: The First Dog in Space

Laika the space dog was a mixed breed stray who was found wandering the streets of Moscow in 1957. She was then selected to be the first living creature to orbit the Earth in the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika was a small, mixed-breed dog, weighing about 13 pounds and standing about 15 inches tall. She was chosen for…

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