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Originally Posted by crockett
The monkey beat him
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Wasn't it a dog? I thought it was a small terrier?
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First animal in space. Model of Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, inside a mock-up of Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957. Laika was contained within a sealed cabin with a food store and an air conditioner. Instruments transmitted data to Earth about Laika's pulse, respiration, blood pressure and heartbeat for seven days until she died when her oxygen supply ran out. The spacecraft was not designed to be recovered and it burnt up as it re- entered the atmosphere on 14 April 1958, 162 days after its launch.