The story of Laika, the first dog in space, has been shrouded in legend, misinformation, and propaganda since she first ...

In the late 1950s, Moscow’s streets were full of stray dogs that adapted to freezing nights and scarce food. One small mixed‑breed stood out to Soviet researchers for her calm nature and size. She was ...

In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered — in Flagstaff, Arizona. I stood in line to squint through telescopes at Jupiter and the ...

Laika: The space pioneer who opened the cosmos The Space Race between superpowers captured global imagination during the 1950s, but few participants faced stakes as ultimate as a small mixed-breed dog ...

Fans react as SZA’s comment on a reel about Laika being sent to space is interpreted as doubting the moon landing ...

1. A path of burning light -- 2. Animals in the heavens -- 3. The making of a space dog -- 4. Scouting the atmosphere -- 5. A face in the window -- 6. First around the Earth -- Epilogue Summary The ...

Laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of Moscow. Soviet scientists chose to use Moscow strays since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold ...

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Not every space traveler has worn a suit or walked upright. From monkeys to microscopic marvels, these species show how far life on Earth has reached. You’ve seen the headlines. The James Webb Space ...

Twenty years ago, Laika decided to re-invent stop-motion animation from its boutique-style studio in Portland, Ore. “Here we are 20 years later, and during that period, we’ve transformed ourselves ...