Laika, First Dog in Orbit

(AP) -- Just a month after the Soviet Union stunned the world by putting the first artificial satellite into orbit, it boasted a new victory - a much bigger satellite carrying a mongrel dog called Laika.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news113233322.html">Laika, First Dog in Orbit</a></p> <p>(AP) -- Just a month after the Soviet Union stunned the world by putting the first artificial satellite into orbit, it boasted a new victory - a much bigger satellite carrying a mongrel dog called Laika.</p>