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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Before the launch, one of the mission scientists took Laika home to play with his children. In a book chronicling the story of Soviet space medicine, Vladimir Yazdovsky wrote, "Laika was quiet and charming ... I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live."

Who's cutting onions ๐Ÿ˜ข

[โ€“] kamenlady 4 points 3 months ago

I saw a documentary, showing lots of the dogs that went to space, it was so sad to see them good boys all happy and excited getting prepared for the take off.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When I was three, my mother said to me, "Eat up your greens, and say your grace,"

While on TV they put a dog in space

And left her there, you should have seen her face

via

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
[โ€“] Luvs2Spuj 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had mentally blocked this knowledge out ๐Ÿ˜ญ now it needs surpressing again.

[โ€“] Plum 1 points 3 months ago

I know. I'm sorry. But she's such a good girl and deserves to be remembered.

[โ€“] Today 2 points 3 months ago

Oh my God that's sad!! She was on my episode of For all Mankind tonight.