did the dog make it back safely?
No, she died.
Laika
Laika died within hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload.
when did russia put a dog in space 3 November 1957. what was the name of the dog? Laika. what was the name of the mission? Sputnik 2. what was the goal of the mission? To carry the first living creature to space. when did the reentry happen? On 14 April 1958, at approximately 0200 hrs.
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Laika [SEP] Introduction
The experiment aimed to prove that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit and endure a micro-g environment, paving the way for human spaceflight and providing scientists with some of the first data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments. Laika died within hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion.