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Laika, Reimagined

The first earthling in space was Laika the dog, launched into space by the Soviets on November 3, 1957. She never returned alive. It was a mission designed, in part, to study the effects of space travel on an animal, but the true story of her noble canine sacrifice left a bad taste in many people’s mouths, including mine.

Here’s a far happier version of what may have happened on her historic journey. I like this one.

Good girl!

(by Avgousta Zourelidi)

Source: vimeo.com

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  1. paraparaparadigm reblogged this from sputnk and added:
    I love this so much I must reblog it again u_u
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    Y por último, la verdadera historia de...el primer ser vivo en orbitar la tierra. Como...
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  35. blackswanm18 reblogged this from fyeahcosmonauts and added:
    Very moving, for me. Yes, every time I look at Sirius I think of Laika.
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  40. popculturevirtue reblogged this from t0b0ldlyg0 and added:
    Not to be a Debbie downer, but she most likely burned up on take off since proper heat protection was not invented yet....
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    This is very cute. Laika’s picture is based...Chief Designer Sergei Korolyov and
  47. neetweapon reblogged this from jtotheizzoe and added:
    動物による実証実験なしは……。
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