As astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmore have returned to Earth safely, in the function. Two, whose nine -day missions were held for nine months, will now undergo a comprehensive rehabilitation program to accommodate the Earth and its gravity to their body. This includes strengthening muscles, heart exercise and others. Sunita and Buch’s migration is one of the longest trips in space, but do you know that in 1957, a street dog was sent to space, despite knowledge that it will never return? Here is Laika’s heartbreaking story …
Who was Laika?
Laika, a stray dog from the streets of Moscow, was in fact, was the first living living being to revolve around the earth Soviet satellite sputnik 2 On November 3, 1957. She was originally called Kudrevka (“Little Curley”), and was a small, Awara Mongreel picked up from the streets of Moscow.
Why use?
The Soviet Union launched Lika into space to study the effects of space on a living creature, as no human was in space until then.
What happened to Lika?
Laika did not intend to return alive, and died shortly after the launch due to overheating and stress. His body disintegrated into space on re -entry. Later his name was changed “Matnic“In the United States. Laika’s death provoked moral debate around sending animals to space with the hope of returning.
Even though the story of Laika is a tragic, it is considered important in the history of space travel.
More on Sunita-Bach Return
A small journey of the International Space Station (ISS) was given a 10 -month discount for NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Buch Wilmor, who started their journey on 5 June 2024 in Boeing Starliner. Initially planned as a small campaign, the ISSA’s spacecraft to carry two rains during technical malfunction, during its approach and docking. This led to a thorough investigation by NASA, and it was decided that the spacecraft would return automatically without astronauts, as it was very risky.
How did he manage to return?
To facilitate its return, NASA collaborated with SpaceX, lie down to Williams and Wilmor under the crew -9 mission. The mission was launched in September with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Rososmos Cosmonot Alexandra Gorbunov. Initially, to return in February, the departure of Crew -9 was postponed due to logistic adjustment.
