3 NOVEMBER: LAIKA THE SPACE DOG

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOG

• Laika: [1]

• Laika was not the first animal in space, fruit flies were

• Laika was the first animal to complete an orbit around Earth

• The Russians never had the intention to get Laika back to Earth alive

• Laika (Лайка) in russian means barker

• Spoetnik II: [2]

• Was constructed without precise building plans

• Parts of the spare Spoetnik I were used

• The rocket that launched the satellite burned 88.3 kg of kerosene per second [3]

Facts Laika Spacecraft References

[1]: WIKIPEDIA; LAIKA (HOND); HTTP://NL.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LAIKA_(HOND) URL VISITED ON 18/10/2012[2]: WIKIPEDIA; SPOETNIKPROGRAMMA; HTTP://NL.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/SPOETNIK_(RUIMTEVAARTPROGRAMMA) URL VISITED ON 18/10/2012[3]: ZAK A. SPUTNIK LAUNCH VEHICLE 8K71PS (M1-PS); HTTP://WWW.RUSSIANSPACEWEB.COM/SPUTNIK_LV.HTML#SPUTNIK2 URL VISITED ON 18/10/2012

• On he left; an image of the spacesuit designed specially for Laika to wear during her space adventure.

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOGFacts Laika Spacecraft References

Picture by Duncan J. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67179441@N00/87472486/

• On the left we see a photograph of the dog Laika in her capsule.

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOG

Image courtesy of Alexander Chernov and the Virtual Space Museum (http://vsm.host.ru/)

Facts Laika Spacecraft References

• On the right a picture of the rocket that launched Sputnik II

• Model: Sputnik Launcher 8K71PS (M1-PS) R-7 Family

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOGFacts Laika Spacecraft References

Anatoly Zak http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_lv.html#sputnik2

• Here we see a replica of the sattellite in which Laika was orbitting Earth.

• The bottom compartement would have contained Laika in her capsule.

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOGFacts Laika Spacecraft References

Mark Wade for http://www.astronautix.com/craft/sputnik2.htm

• Information:

• [1]: wikipedia; Laika (hond); http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_(hond) URL visited on 18/10/2012

• [2]: Wikipedia; spoetnikprogramma; http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoetnik_(ruimtevaartprogramma) URL visited on 18/10/2012

• [3]: Zak A. Sputnik Launch vehicle 8k71ps (M1-PS); http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_lv.html#sputnik2 url visited on 18/10/2012

• Images:

• Dimas_restivo http://www.toonpool.com/cartoons/Laika%20the%20russian%20dog_82635

• Duncan J. http://www.flickr.com/photos/67179441@N00/87472486

• Alexander Chernov and the Virtual Space Museum (http://vsm.host.ru/)

• Anatoly Zak http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_lv.html#sputnik2

• Mark Wade for http://www.astronautix.com/craft/sputnik2.htm

SPOETNIK II LAUNCH CARRYING LAIKA THE DOGFacts Laika Spacecraft References