• mononomi
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    5 months ago

    Before the launch, one of the mission scientists took Laika home to play with his children. In a book chronicling the story of Soviet space medicine, Vladimir Yazdovsky wrote, “Laika was quiet and charming … I wanted to do something nice for her: She had so little time left to live.”

    Who’s cutting onions 😢

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      5 months ago

      I saw a documentary, showing lots of the dogs that went to space, it was so sad to see them good boys all happy and excited getting prepared for the take off.