Laika, a stray dog found in Moscow, becomes the first animal to be launched into space.

Laika is an abandoned puppy destined to be a space traveler aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957.

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Living in a small town, Toto wishes to escape the inevitable life in front of him. He will never become a porter, he will become an astronaut instead! He bravel

Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, th