#SpaceFacts #Laika #FirstDogInSpace
Hey, did you know that the name of the first dog in space, Laika, literally translates to “Barker”? 🚀🐶 Apparently, the technicians gave her this name because she had a loud bark during training. Can you imagine a dog barking in space? 🌌🐕
It’s interesting to think about the training and preparation that went into sending Laika into space. It must have been quite the experience for her! And her name makes it even more memorable, don’t you think? 🛰️🐾
Just imagine being the first dog in space, paving the way for future animal astronauts. It’s definitely a remarkable part of space history. 🌠 #SpaceExploration #DogInSpace
It was (maybe still is?) a pretty common name for dogs in Russian. My parents are from Russia and they had several dogs by that name.
And Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow.
and killed in the spacecraft as they didn’t have any reentry system planned. Cruel!
Ah yes, after my favorite Russian pop-punk drummer, Трэвис Лайка.
That’s what that means?!? I dated a girl named Laika
Vostok 1 and Yuri Gagarin the first man in space. https://youtu.be/dg6hPLU8nOs
I asked my dog what ups and she said roof
Also the (name) of a kick ass Arcade Fire song : Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
[Laika](https://youtu.be/siFsdInZqC0?si=vlI-m_kT-rbVL-rs)
Bark, BARK! “Don’t send me to space, I’m not ready to die!”
Me no Laika.
Launched … for the very fiiirst tiime
I named my dog after her!
Laika’s story guts me every time.
I loved this story as a kid until I found out the dog died on the mission. 😢😢😢
In space no one can hear you bark.
Damn that seems petty, ‘yeah bitch, get it all out now, in space nobody can hear you scream’ and I might be wrong but don’t those dogs get left up there?
I’m so sorry that I’m leaving
You so little to believe in
Just tell me, that you’re free, of your woes and of me
There’s weather more reliable than me
I like to Imagen when the dog was sendt to space it thought «can’t wait to come back to Earth and Get some treat for a good girl i am»
Did she survive
The only tiny bright point for Laika was the weekend before she was launched to her death, one of the scientists brought her home so his kids could play with her. At least she had that one brief ray of sunshine.
In 6th grade I read a graphic novel based on the story of laika (it was literally called laika iirc) and it crushed me so hard when I got to the end
Master…why’d u have to leave me?
Laika boss
I always remember the Moxy früvous lyrics
…. While on tv
They put a dog in space
and left her there….
Should’ve seen her face….
[link to song](https://youtu.be/HEnkBWf8AGs?si=xlKjKcOwRxb2ITpk)
Have we forgotten space balls
I named my dog after her. Poor Laika.
What a good girl. I expect she got a bone and a rub on the tummy when she got back 🥰.
So sad that the food pupper never came home. ☹️
I am pretty sure it was common dog name way before. It is like naming a dog Buddy since you expect it to be friendly.
Laika was actually not the first dog in space! Dezik and Tsygan were in space 6 years before Laika. She was the first non microbe to orbit the Earth though.
So they sent her to Space, where no one will here you bark. I will see myself out.