Laika actually did not travel on an American Space Shuttle, but rather on a Russian satellite called Sputnik 2.
Sputnik 2 (with Laika in it) was launched on November 3, 1957 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia on top of an R-7 rocket.
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Laika was sent into space aboard Sputnik 2.
The first dog to go into space was Laika.
her name was Laika and she was Russian dog. Laika means Russian barker.
Laika is Russian - literally - for "barker"!! The Soviet Union launched a dog named "Laika" into space aboard the Sputnik 2 space capsule. Laika is also the name for a type of hunting dog. There are three breeds - the Russian European Laika, the East Siberian Laika and the West Siberian Laika. Note that Laika, the dog that went to space, is in fact a mongrel.
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Columbia was the first shuttle to enter orbit. This was the same shuttle that was destroyed during re-entry in January 2003, with the loss of seven astronauts.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.