Laika, the first dog in space

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The Russian stray was the first dog to orbit the Earth. She was sent into space in November 1957 in a flight which had been timed to mark the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. She died after orbiting the Earth four times. Professor Victor Yazdovsky's father was in charge of the dogs in the Russian space programme. Professor Yazdovsky tells Olga Smirnova about playing with Laika, before her flight, when he was just nine years old.

Photo: Laika. Credit: Keystone/Hulton/Getty Images.

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0:36.4	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
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0:43.0	podcast for BBC Sounds.
0:45.0	As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality,
0:49.0	featuring the most knowledgeable experts and genuinely engaging voices.
0:54.4	What you may not know is that the BBC makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,
1:00.9	poltergeist, cricket and conspiracy theories, Cricket, and Conspiracy Theories.
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1:09.4	find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. Hello and thanks for downloading this witness history podcast from the BBC World Service.
1:22.0	I'm Claire Bowes. This week to mark 50 years since the first
1:26.3	moon landing we're bringing you a selection of first-hand accounts of humankind's
1:31.1	adventures in outer space.
1:33.0	Starting with, well, not a human actually, but a dog.
1:38.0	It was in November 1957 that a Russian stray dog called Liker was the first animal to be sent up into orbit around the earth.
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