Laika was a friendly stray found in Moscow and believed to be just three years old when she was sent on a doomed one-way ...

The heart-wrenching tale of Laika, the dog sent into space to circle the earth with no return ticket, has recently reignited ...

Laika was a three-year-old mixed terrier who was taken from the streets of Russia and thrust into a rocket in the name of ...

Here's the heartbreaking story of Laika... Who was Laika? Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, was in fact, the first living creature to orbit the Earth, who was launched aboard the ...

Laika is remembered by many for being the first living creature to be sent into space, on November 3, 1957. Laika was the only crew member of the second artificial satellite in history, Sputnik II.