Laika drawing

a bunch of cute things for Kira ❤️ thank you so much! Heart freckles + custom based off a drawing of Laika 😭❤️ Bookings are open! #bristoltattoo #cardifftattoo #pmu #heartfreckles #naivetattoo #fauxfreckles

Ending the Space Dog series with the first Space Dog. Alas, poor Laika.

laika tattoo

Laika, the first dog in space. #zeichnung #drawing #cosmonaut #spacedog #orbit #doglove

“"After placing Laika in the container and before closing the hatch, we kissed her nose and wished her bon voyage, knowing that she would not survive the flight."”

"brave little cosmonaut, faithful to a fault; caught and collared, earth no more than a distant ball with which you cannot play." - laika, by sarah doyle

laika MM

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A street dog named Laika became the lop-eared icon of the Soviet space program when she was blasted into orbit in 1957. Sixty years on we look at the handful of images that remain of the little dog that helped pave the way to space.