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Laika's window : the legacy of a Soviet space dog by Caswell, Kurt is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Laika's window : the legacy of a Soviet space dog about?
Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable data that would make future manned space flight possible. People believed that Laika died a painless death as her oxygen ran out. Only in recent decades has the real story become public: Laika died after only a few hours in orbit when her capsule o
Who reads Laika's window : the legacy of a Soviet space dog?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Caswell, Kurt
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781595349729
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Adventure, History
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (49 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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