Sunday 27 March 2016
Photo, left: Hungarian stamp from 2007 with Laika; text reads, Sputnik 1 Oct. 4 1957. Sputnik 2 Nov.3 1957. Laika (Russian: Лайка; c. 1954 – November 3, 1957) was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first animals in space, and the first animal to orbit the Earth. Laika, a stray dog from the...