will they hear me bark from here?
03 Nov
Today is the 54th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 2, the second spacecraft ever launched into earth orbit, and the vehicle that carried the first living thing thing into space, a three year old mutt called Laika.
Poor Laika died shortly after lift-off, which is sad, but she’s a significant point in the history of human space exploration. And deserves to be remembered.
While I know the actual story, I kind of prefer the happier ending songwriter Jonathan Coulton gave Laika a few years ago in the beautiful “Space Doggity:”
