November 3 The day the first dog-astronaut flew into space

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On November 3, the first dog-cosmonaut, Laika, flew into space. Laika is the first living being to fly into space. The Sputnik-2 spacecraft flew into space on November 3, 1957, at 5:30 Moscow time. At the time, Laika was two years old. She was expected to live for a week. , died as a result of stress and overheating. Although Laika is dead, it has been proven experimentally that a living creature can fly into orbit and live in a state of weightlessness. The first dogs to fly back into space were Belka and Strelka. The crew involved in preparing Laika to fly into space were devastated by her death. A statue of Laika has been erected on the territory of the Military Medical Institute in preparation for the space experiment. This two-meter statue depicts a spaceship and a proud Laika.