A dog called Laika.
No, Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, and it did not carry any animals on board. This Soviet spacecraft was launched in 1957 as part of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
The dog, Laika, died due to temperature increase.
The first sputnik didn't actually crash but rather burned as it reentered the atmosphere in January of 1958. There were actually over 40 sputnik's released into space.
The dog on board - Laika - died, presumably from heatstroke.
The Soviet Space Program later replaced by the Russian Federal Space Agency have officially named 12 Sputnik craft (Sputnik 1 through Sputnik 10 which were launched by rockets into orbit as well as Sputnik 40 and Sputnik 41 which were released from the Mir space station). Outside of the Soviet Union, Sputnik 20 through Sputnik 25 may be referred to. However, the Soviet Union officially refers to these as Cosmos missions due to the launch failures.
To the best of my memory, the first Sputnik was launched as part of the International Geophysical Year programme. I think the first one was just a transmitter (20MHZ & 40MHz (?)) and was a major publicity event. There were no miniaturized cameras then, but the spies no doubt had them, but I certainly don't remember any photos.
As far as we know, it didn't. But if you can launch something harmless into orbit, you can also launch something dangerous into orbit, which was a big part of the fear caused by the Sputnik launch.
The dog on board in Sputnik II launches on November 3, 1957.The "First Living Organism on Space".
No, you cannot bring both a greyhound as a carry-on and a purse on board the flight.
The book was written by Mark Twain. It has 24 pages in the Createspace version. The Aeon hardcover version has 40 pages.