The first dog in space was Laika, a Soviet space dog that traveled aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Laika's nickname was "Muttnik" as a play on the word "mutt" and the name of the spacecraft she was on.
The space shuttle that Sally Ride traveled on for her first space mission was the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman to fly in space.
Rakesh Sharma traveled to space aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984, becoming the first Indian in space.
The first space shuttle to go to Mars is expected to be NASA's Orion spacecraft, which will carry astronauts to Mars as part of the Artemis program. As of now, no space shuttle has traveled to Mars.
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.
The first dog to go into space was Laika.
her name was Laika and she was Russian dog. Laika means Russian barker.
The name of the space shuttle was Challenger.
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 Laika's spacecraft was Sputnik 2. She was the first living being to orbit the Earth in this spacecraft in November 1957.
The dog sent into space in 1957 was named Laika. She was a Soviet space dog aboard Sputnik 2.
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