Legendary Laika

Due to the space race between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the USA during the Cold War, the USSR considered sending a dog to space with the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in November 1957. Laika was the first living creature to be sent into space, and she died there. While he had accomplished something important for science, it was an irreversible journey. Laika was deliberately launched into space to die.

Do you think Laika wanted to go to space? NO! In addition, even astronauts going to space are subjected to unpleasant experiments for months or even years, but this is of course a decision made by the astronauts of their own will. But of course, it is not possible to talk about such a will for Laika.

The sweet dog Laika was sent into space by the USSR on November 3, 1957 by the Sputnik-2 spacecraft to see if space travel is safe for humans, ie how dangerous it could be.

From the first moments of launch, Laika's respiratory rate had increased 3-4 times, and her heartbeat was found to beat 240 times per minute. The first piece had successfully left Sputnik 2 when the shuttle reached orbit. However, Blok could not leave as planned and the temperature control system did not work properly.

Laika died within minutes of leaving the R-7 rocket compartment, possibly due to overheating. In fact, Laika was not the first dog in space, but the first animal sent to die in space by humans.

Think how scared Laika was before and during her space travel! Laika is neither the first animal nor the last animal to be tortured and killed by humans for their own desires, greed, and curiosity. Animal experiments continue at full speed. Yes, we can no longer bring Laika back, but we can at least contribute a little to the protection of animals by not buying products from brands that test on animals.