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Dog in Space - November in history

Instructor,  Nov-Dec, 2001  

November 3, 1957--The first animal sent into space, a dog named Laika, rode to orbit on the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik II. "Laika" means "barker" in Russian. The American press nicknamed him "Muttnik."

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