3 minutes agoSacrifice for Mankind: Russia remembers 60th anniversary of the death of hero (Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)60 years ago, the Soviets took a unilateral journey around the earth, making their first trip to space. But this trip was carried out by the dog named Laika, where he later died as a result of overheating. Although Laika was unaware of his self- sacrifice because of the greatest cause of [...]
Although Laika was unaware of his self-sacrificial because of the greatest cause of human exploration, it became a global phenomenon.
“Paika dog portrait was published on top pages of major newspapers worldwide,” said Olesya Turkina, author of “Soviet Space Dogs”, for “RT.com”, writes Periscope.
Countless cartolines, packs of cigarettes ) Lakes, stamps, calendars all with Laika portraits were produced”, she added.
“in the Soviet Union, to commemorate his heroic death and praise his useless sacrifice for the sake of humanity, Laika became the hero of tales for children. ”
After 5-7 hours of mission, no signs of life were identified by Laika. From the fourth orbit, it was clear that Laika had died of overheating.
The overheated module caused Laika to die within a day, though he had to spend a week in space, then the rocket went out of orbit burning in atmosphere”, Kotovskaya said.
Laika remains a space travel icon, although she has survived this journey for only a few hours./Periscopi/
