Laika was the first living creature from Earth in space. She rode into orbit in Sputnik 2 and died there -- as the Soviets knew she would. Nick Abadzis has created a graphic novel which depicts alternate scenarios for Laika. It looks like the Soviet space program may come to an early end. Link -via Nerdcore | Graphic Novel
Laika was the first living creature from Earth in space. She rode into orbit in Sputnik 2 and died there -- as the Soviets knew she would. Nick Abadzis has created a graphic novel which depicts alternate scenarios for Laika. It looks like the Soviet space program may come to an early end. Link -via Nerdcore | Graphic Novel
A heartbreaking pair of music videos about Laika:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odeYjswto_s
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4FnT-f0KKo
Both originated as Vocaloid videos, but the first one listed here was re-dubbed by an excellent human singer in English.
http://blacknewblack.blogspot.com/2007/07/short-short-story.html