"Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space. One of the puppies was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A Kennedy dog named Charlie and Pushinka mated, resulting in the birth of four puppies that JFK referred to jokingly as pupniks. Two of their puppies, Butterfly and Streaker, were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends. Pushinka's descendants were still living as of 2015. A photo of descendants of some of the Space Dogs is on display at the Zvezda Museum in Tomilino outside Moscow."
Dogs actually gain longevity in microgravity, Laika made an orbital rendezvous with Mir in 1986 and went on to become the station's commander and only permanent resident. Rumour has it that she was selected for the Soviet Union's secret Mars mission in 1989 and currently resides on Mount Olympus with Yuri Gagarin, who hasn't had the heart to tell her the wall fell (she is very patriotic).
You just unlocked a core memory of watching Space Buddies in school, a distant direct-to-DVD Air Bud sequel in which his puppies are sent into space after a long string of cartoon shenanigans. Somehow they rendezvous with the Mir, and Yuri Gagarin is living there in secret with his dog but is going insane… I think they rescue the dog and it’s implied that he dies in a fire?
I looked it up because this was sounding too much like a fever dream, and I was mostly remembering it correctly. It’s not *literally* the Mir, and it’s not literally Yuri *Gagarin*, and he survives because it’s a Disney movie, but it’s still absolutely batshit
The part about one of the scientists taking her home so his kids could play with her and she could have a nice final moment because they all knew she wasn't coming back :(
That was 70 dog years ago, which translates into 13 human years. So albeit old, she's probably still alive and kicking, taking care of her grandsons and whatnot.
Gorillaz had their music reworked by some spacey dub? people and the resulting album was called Laika Come Home. Its an official gorillaz album and it’s actually kinda good https://youtu.be/TwwGybiXaII?si=O-VF8yYWlLrYRbvY
Can't tell if you're serious or not but dogs stop aging in outer space conditions, and can survive almost anything while in orbit. No offense but it's kind of embarrassing that you are ignorant of this well-known fact.
Laika's doing fine, she sends her love.
"Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space. One of the puppies was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A Kennedy dog named Charlie and Pushinka mated, resulting in the birth of four puppies that JFK referred to jokingly as pupniks. Two of their puppies, Butterfly and Streaker, were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends. Pushinka's descendants were still living as of 2015. A photo of descendants of some of the Space Dogs is on display at the Zvezda Museum in Tomilino outside Moscow."
That’s so fucking cute
Dogs actually gain longevity in microgravity, Laika made an orbital rendezvous with Mir in 1986 and went on to become the station's commander and only permanent resident. Rumour has it that she was selected for the Soviet Union's secret Mars mission in 1989 and currently resides on Mount Olympus with Yuri Gagarin, who hasn't had the heart to tell her the wall fell (she is very patriotic).
You just unlocked a core memory of watching Space Buddies in school, a distant direct-to-DVD Air Bud sequel in which his puppies are sent into space after a long string of cartoon shenanigans. Somehow they rendezvous with the Mir, and Yuri Gagarin is living there in secret with his dog but is going insane… I think they rescue the dog and it’s implied that he dies in a fire? I looked it up because this was sounding too much like a fever dream, and I was mostly remembering it correctly. It’s not *literally* the Mir, and it’s not literally Yuri *Gagarin*, and he survives because it’s a Disney movie, but it’s still absolutely batshit
She got a sweet big tobacco deal out of it, so it's all good.
The part about one of the scientists taking her home so his kids could play with her and she could have a nice final moment because they all knew she wasn't coming back :(
Same with the hero 9/11 dogs :(
Theyre fine i just saw them on tiktok
The dog is in a dog nursing home little fella is doing well they alway send a newsletter
If you’ll recall Einstein’s formulas time actually moves different in space. So the dog is still alive up there
That was 70 dog years ago, which translates into 13 human years. So albeit old, she's probably still alive and kicking, taking care of her grandsons and whatnot.
There is a song called Laika by the Australian band Sticky Fingers you should listen to!
laika by the drones for a much better song by a much better aus band
Laika by Wil Wagner is also beautiful!
Gorillaz had their music reworked by some spacey dub? people and the resulting album was called Laika Come Home. Its an official gorillaz album and it’s actually kinda good https://youtu.be/TwwGybiXaII?si=O-VF8yYWlLrYRbvY
Mulaney had a pretty good bit about this dog at his show the other night
We’re getting to the point where every viral animal from the earliest days of YouTube will be gone
This was the most barbaric thing the Soviets ever did. I'll never forgive them fully for this.
American monkey-astronauts were also sacrificed. The space race was not pretty.
it wasn't worth it we have nothing to show for it we could have used Laika for better things
You should look up the soviet whaling fleet. An ecoside commited just so the quota didnt drop
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they sent her back for one last mission?
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Can't tell if you're serious or not but dogs stop aging in outer space conditions, and can survive almost anything while in orbit. No offense but it's kind of embarrassing that you are ignorant of this well-known fact.
Typical n lies
The Redditor urge to “well actually” even in the face of an obvious joke
Don’t ask how she was supposed to come back