#Laika the Space Dog
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swagvo1d · 7 months ago
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if earth was a big blue ball, i’d toss it for you to chase it
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ink-the-artist · 11 months ago
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Bon Voyage
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rainbow-gend3r · 1 year ago
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Sputnik 2, launched on November 3, 1957, carried the dog Laika, the first living creature to be shot into space and orbit Earth. Laika was a stray dog found on the streets of Moscow. There were no plans to return her to Earth, and she lived only a few hours in orbit. …
taken from @gallivantsofgillis on tiktok
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mydearbasil · 11 months ago
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Merry XMAS to all who celebrate! Unfortunately I've been thinking about Laika the space dog the past 3 days!
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sageandscorpiongrass · 1 year ago
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Goodnight, Laika.
Space Dog, Alan Shapiro | From Wikipedia | Laika, Sarah Doyle | Space Patterns Painting, Katya Garipova | Laika, Ben Florin | Constellations, The Oh Hellos | First Dog in Space, Brennig Davies | Are You Scared Yet, Laika?, Gus Gresham | Pillars of Creation, James Webb Telescope | space dog., Basil Sai | Icarus, The Crane Wives | Quote via. Oleg Gazenko
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toavoidtherush · 5 months ago
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patron saint of one way trips
@lakefucine | patti white | the reverent marigold | eleanor hsieh | gus greshem | oleg gazenko | alan shapiro | boston manor | @caputvulpinum | pigeon watch | brennig davies | sleeping at last | @fateology | sarah doyle.
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chaoscohort · 2 years ago
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Still needs to be ironed and the edges finished but here's my laika patch inspired by this post by @manywinged !
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corrakii · 7 months ago
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Laika and Vash. One day I'll finish this
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I've made multiple people want to murder me for this⁽⁠⁽⁠ଘ⁠(⁠ ⁠ˊ⁠ᵕ⁠ˋ⁠ ⁠)⁠ଓ⁠⁾⁠⁾
I love Laika so much i started info dumping in the trigun gc about her and made them cry. Don't let me yap about my interests ever
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spacejunksally · 2 years ago
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Laika cigarettes, USSR, 1958. // Olesya Turkina, Soviet Space Dogs. // Postage stamp, Socialist Republic of Romania, 1969 // Alex Wellerstein, Remembering Laika. // Postcard, USSR, 1957 // Postage stamp, Polish People's Republic, 1957. // Patti White, Laika. // Matchbox, USSR, 1966.
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keroppidraws · 1 month ago
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the cold wet of your nose
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kadiumz · 9 months ago
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laika the space dog for a friend
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yamisnuffles · 8 months ago
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A commission of Aziraphale with a rescued Laika.
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deep-space-lines · 5 months ago
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Full-Size / True Color Version
Sometimes I think about the fact that first living being to orbit the Earth couldn't understand what was happening to her, couldn't understand the history she was making. Laika wasn't a volunteer. The technology to bring her back alive didn't exist. They sent her up anyway. She died, scared and alone, in a malfunctioning spacecraft hastily built to meet a political deadline.
When her heart rate tripled from the stress of acceleration, did she understand the magnitude of what she was experiencing? When she saw the stars outside her little window, did she believe the world had gone dark? In her final hours, did she feel wonder, or just fear?
"The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it. We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog. When you understand that you can’t bring back Laika, that she perishes out there, and that no one can bring her back…that is a very heavy feeling." Oleg G. Gazenko
For me, there's some small consolation, at least, in knowing that although her death was unnecessary and cruel, Laika will never be forgotten. I love you, Laika. May you find peace among the stars.
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Prints are available here.
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sorenphelps · 4 days ago
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stardogs
i wanted to draw Sirius with Laika, because he was born on the same day when she was sent to space, and they both deserved so much better
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leporellian · 1 year ago
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the binding of laika
ben florin, "laika"/jamaica kincaid/le loup, "we are gods! we are wolves!"/archival footage of the soviet space program/genesis 22/alan shapiro, "space dog"/olesya turkina, soviet space dogs/brennig davies, "first dog in space"/daniel ortberg, "children's stories made horrific: curious george"/idomeneo prepares to sacrifice his son in the garsington opera production of "idomeneo"/alan shapiro, "space dog"/louise glück/jonathan coulton, "space doggity"/bojack horseman, "free churro"/maynard solomon, mozart: a life/mac demarco in an interview with npr/@/fateology, “muttnik”/unknown/alex wellerstein writing for the new yorker/ ancient doll found in roman egypt/steiff laika toy/guillermo del toro's pinocchio/richard silken/laika wikipedia page/bojack horseman, "free churro"/photograph of laika//nih.gov’s page on oleg gazenko/oleg gazenko/alan shapiro, "space dog"
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seriouslyq · 1 year ago
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‘You cant love her you’ve never even met her’
But I do. I weep for her every night.
They say she was a good girl, that she was friendly and loving. That she was gentle and trusting. That she loved people, that she loved her new friends. They she wagged her tail as they said their final goodbye.
How do the stars look Laika? Are they as bright as we imagined?
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