Laika was a Russian dog who was sent on a one-way trip into space and has become a symbol for the use of animals in ...

Animals That Can Survive In Space ...

The heart-wrenching tale of Laika, the dog who was sent into space to orbit the earth with no return ticket, has sparked ...

The same is true of the first animals in space. Human beings had visions of traveling above the atmosphere and out toward the moon and planets, but the survivability of such an enterprise was very ...

The poignant story of Laika, the dog sent into space with no means of return, has recently resurfaced online, reigniting a ...

NASA is investigating how zero gravity affects the nervous systems of animals—and the results could change everything we know about space biology. In microgravity, animals struggle with balance ...

Sputnik was followed a month later on 3 November 1957 by Sputnik II, carrying a dog called Laika, who became the first living creature in space. Laika did not survive the flight, but in May 1959 ...

Despite the unique title of being one of the first animals in space, it will have offered little comfort to her as she was fired away from earth, the sole passenger of the small Sputnik 2 spacecraft.

In this session we find out about creatures that can often be found in ... continue to flutter your fingers and move around the space, as the gentle snowfall turns into a blizzard.