In 1957, specifically on November 3, a launch vehicle was launched at the Baikonur cosmodrome, which launched Sputnik-2 into earth orbit. Mankind has launched an apparatus into space for the 2nd time.
Sputnik-2 was made more complicated than the first device. It was 4 meters high and conical in shape. The device had compartments for equipment with a telemetry system, with a radio transmitter, and a software module. In addition to this equipment, there was a system in which regeneration took place with control of the cabin temperature.
This is the first time that a living being, and specifically a dog, was launched on Sputnik-2 into space in flight around the orbit. The pet was carefully prepared for the flight. At that time, Nikita Khrushchev was the head of the Soviet Union and he highly appreciated the success of Soviet scientists and wanted this event to become world famous. The launch was covered in many newspapers.
Sputnik-2 was launched on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the revolution of 1917. Scientists were interested in whether the dog would survive in zero gravity in Earth's orbit? It turned out that this is possible, which means that someday a person will fly into space, which soon happened.
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Laika was launched into space in 1957. Scientists and all mankind were keenly interested in such experiments in outer space. Where did they get the first astronaut? The dog was picked up right on one of the streets of Moscow, and it was with her that the experiment to launch a living creature into the earth's orbit turned out to be successful. Before her, there were other dogs that climbed to some height, but did not fly in the orbit of the planet.
When was this spacecraft launched? In 1957 in November from the 2nd to the 3rd. Prior to this, only microorganisms fell into the earth's orbit, and the husky became the first living creature to actually visit the orbit of our planet.
They prepared for the flight not only this husky, but also a couple of pets, but the choice was made on it. Such is her fate. They chose the dog because it is better than a cat or a monkey endures being inactive in a closed room. And it was not a male because he raises his paw when urinating, but the bitch does not.
The flight of a living being and its results
Laika flew away and after 2 days, scientists received a signal confirming that everything was fine with the dog. Even before the flight, dog lovers were worried about whether the bitch would take it well? When the dog flew away, it became known that food was left on board for only 10 days, but in reality she lived for 4.
The cause of death is considered to be the overload that the husky underwent during the flight. Therefore, they began to believe that the launch of animals is not the same thing as a person who can take care of himself.
Dmitry Malashenkov, a scientist at an institute that solves biological problems in Moscow, said that in reality, the husky lived no more than 4 hours after takeoff, but not 4 days. Most likely the cause of death was stress + real overheating. The dog's pulse increased sharply and the heart could not stand it.
