Sputnik 2 Anniversary

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal, Music, Video Clips on November 3, 2009 at 6:13 pm



(YouTube link)

Fifty-two years ago today (November 3, 1957), Sputnik 2 launched from the Soviet Union with a dog named Laika {wiki} on board. It was a tremendous political coup for the USSR to launch a living being into orbit. Unfortunately it wasn’t so tremendous for Laika, as they made no plans for her to ever return to earth. Several stories were told of how long Laika survived in space, but the full story was finally revealed in 2002. Laika only lived a few hours before the stress and heat did her in. Her remains orbited the earth for five months until the capsule burned up on re-entry in April of 1958. In honor of the anniversary, here’s Space Doggity by Jonathon Coulton.  -via Metafilter

Update: The video footage is from the song Moan by Trentemøller. -Thanks, waldemar!


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7 comments to "Sputnik 2 Anniversary"

  1. Flux
    November 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm

    That dog is totally lip synching.

  2. pwscott
    November 3rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    I salute Laika.

  3. LisaL
    November 3rd, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    Awww, poor pup :(

  4. BlessedBlogger
    November 3rd, 2009 at 11:34 pm

    This is one of my favorite Coulton songs so I've heard it several times before. even so when I watched this video I bawled like a baby.

  5. waldemar
    November 4th, 2009 at 11:18 am

    This video actually belongs to the song Moan, by Trentemøller!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQWpTIjusY

  6. Loomis
    November 4th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Wait...the stress of being in heat did her in? They should have had her spade.

  7. petra
    November 4th, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    sick. just sick. that poor, trusting animal, thrust into space by the people that she relied on, only to die a horrible death. real farking nice.


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