What was the name of the first dog to orbit the earth?
Correct answer: Laika
chrystalmoon
That is heartbreaking
CreepyDetective30964
that's horrible!
Montana Lady
It wasn't even a retrievable spacecraft, so I've never understood why an animal needed to be inside of it to begin with. Thermometers and oxygen sensors can tell you just as much as watching an animal being tortured.
Sonia
i wish they, the humans who put her there, could have taken her place! a little bit of taste of their own medicine!
salliesmom33
This is so heartbreaking especially knowing she has such a good temperament. Poor pup
Joker
My 1st thought. Poor little dog. How horrible to die of overheating and she was chained!!!
rubesgames
horrible thing to do for sure.
GhastlyMouse68145
so awful!
BarbieInConn
rubesgames, they say it's "in the name of science." Why didn't they send a death row loser??
ChronicRider29247
poor little pup
Player #46115638
dirty rotten evil people doing that to a poor innocent dog. I hope they pay dearly
Ashwin Kumar
Something should have been done if possible.
Chayanika
Really very sad. sad for this innocent creature.People are very Cruel and doing unhumane things.So shameful scientists those are !
Mark
Horrible! Poor doggo!
snark
Bulve, not exactly. The first space dog (or "officially orbital " dog) was named Laika (and was a stray mongrel, not of laika breed). Belka and Strelka were sent to the orbit later, and became the first living organisms (along with a rabbit and a bunch of mice) who successfully _returned_ to Earth from orbital flight.
rebeca
horrible thing done to a poor dog😠
elijanna
this is heart breaking!
Velizar
I've answered this question 2 times before
Player #46190495
quiznerd, and So?
Player #46190495
Player #6419381, dream on?
Player #46190495
what inhumane things humans do. especially in the name of progress and science. hideous cruel and plain nasty
Player #38558434
My first dog was named Laika. We won her in a name the dog contest in 1963
Birdie
Knodel58, we like to think ridiculous things.
Guillermo Jr.
Montana Lady, that is Iron Curtain era Soviets for you..
Samit Paudel
Our mother shoulda just named you Laikaaa...
LoverNotAFighter
She was up there all alone? Bless her heart!
trompitas dfalopio
Mecano, a band from Spain, made a beautiful song to honor her memory
Bulve
first dogs in space - Belka and Strelka. Laika - breed name in russian.
Pendragon
chrystalmoon, humans are a horrible disgrace to the planet
seagull
BarbieInConn, You are so right
Player #25874027
Player #25028854,
You don’t have to believe that , Lanka was a Russian dog, in a Russian spacecraft
Player #18010030
there is a song called laika by sticky fingers which tells the story from the dog's perspective. it's a really amazing about a really sad story
klodeta
humans are horrible 😑😑😑
CrimsonTime1
makes want to hug my " mutt" again.
Witchyeyez13
Not only did she die a horrific and inhumane way, she also was all alone. If it is something we wouldn't do to a human, why would they think it's okay for any living creature.
EcoGal
What's the purpose of including this question? Clearly, the majority of players were upset.
she Dani
another example of using animals instead of humans. Please help save all God's babies from Lab testing! Cruel & Inhumane treatment. This is my opinion! 💔
Uninitialized
My thoughts exactly. I also believe they should take the place of animals in medical experiments.
Player #11646091
There is a graphic novel about Laika's story. Her life and death caused some of the scientists involved in the space project to quit, if I remember correctly
Carol Francis
I'm so ashamed of us humans 😢