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On this day in 1957, Russian "spacedog" Laika became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit. She died on her fourth day in space, and some, including a scientist involved, regretted allowing her to die. In 2008, Russian officials unveiled a monument to her in Moscow.

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On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:

• On this day in 1957, Russian "spacedog" Laika became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

It's a featured article, too. But the pic isn't PD. :(

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