R-7 and Sputnik Launches

[KetchPhraz]

Thats a big rocket for a little satellite

[Akumalive]

Its not a russian victory, its a Human victory.

long life to the space heroes

[davidlucasfer]

espectacular

[DonPMitchell]

Music is Dmitri Shostakovich.

[NathanIsReallyBored]

There's something about them launching that dog into space that just gives me the feeling that if they did it now it'd really piss PETA off.

Good footage..........reminds me of My week at Space Camp

[ajht83]

@NathanIsReallyBored

Here's a video of NASA flying animals into space. It's interesting to notice how the test-animals are treated just like objects, -that goes for both sides. Times have changed!

[DonPMitchell]

@ajht83 The Russians sacrificed Laika, but most of their geophysical rockets and later sputniks returned dogs to earth alive. The US sent up a number of monkeys on V-2 rockets, and almost all of them were killed. They just kept naming them all "Albert", and it wasn't obvious they were all dying one after another.

[Toyotomi]

Interesting Video, Thanks for posting!

[brtshstel]

ah yes. this happened in the early days of the cold war. This very event is what started the true panic, and cemented the constant paranoia of nuclear holocaust. It's fascinating how science and war are connected.

[DonPMitchell]

Putting an object into orbit is proof you can put something on a ballistic trajectory to anywhere on the planet. Think of that famous drawing of Newton with the cannon on the mountain top.

[ingareinar007]

Thanx for the vide. I think the Americans called that sattelite for "Alpha 57"

[eduardoazs]

Lindo, lindo, lindo!

Pina

[justwatch000]

was there any oxygen in the room where the dog was? Just curious to know.

[DonPMitchell]

Yes, Laika's capsule contained panels of potassium superoxide, which absorbs carbon dioxide and emits oxygen. The Russians used this technique in manned flights too, which allowed them to retain an oxygen nitrogen atmosphere, instead of the more dangerous use of pure compressed oxygen like American flights.

[thenightprowleracdc]

russian sputnik technology has improve since 1953

[selcar1]

Sputnik-1 was actually sputnik-3

[DonPMitchell]

Not exactly. Sputnik-3 was what the Russians called "Object D", and it was supposed to be the first satellite. It was 1.3 tons and filled with scientific experiments. However, because development of Object-D was late, they launched two simple satellites first, Sputnik-1 and 2.

[acidburn1993]

poor Laika

[Alexvideoclip]

Only 12 years from sputnik to the first man on the moon, I still have a hard time to believe it.

[tomking91]

only 66 years between the first ever powered flight and man landing on the moon.

[Esteban541]

cool video

[adlereagle123]

Poor puppy! no effence russian people. The puppy dies

[Steeplerot]

Cool Laika footage.

<3 Laika!

[sputnikfreedom]

i love the sputnik...yeah...long life for all russian technology...!

[laurelelf]

I'm not a crazy animal rights type person, but the dog really didn't have a choice, and could have died.

[DonPMitchell]

I hate to be the one to tell you, but Laika did die, a few hours after entering orbit. There was no plan for her to return alive.

Later, on Sputnik-5, two dogs were sent into orbit and returned alive. That was on the Vostok spacecraft, testing it a few times before sending a man.

[DonPMitchell]

Laurelelf, there was quite a bit of protest about the killing of Laika even back then.

I apologize, I think I deleted your reply about your school class. I meant to "reply" and hit "remove". I don't see a way to undo that.

[blindtommykiller]

is that shostakovich in the background?

[a1s2d3f4g5q1w2e3]

symphony 7, 3rd Mvt.

[syntaur]

So how come the former Soviet Union space agency seemed so much more like... R IS FOR ROCKET... than NASA?

I mean these Commies rocket design was a lot more fun BUCK ROGERS like...:)

[BigRIJoe]

Hey dude..no bucks......no Buck Rodgers

[fugazchile]

Who's the composer of the music? Great video, great music.

Long live to Sputnik 1, in the day of its 50th anniversary!!!

Greetings.

[radclift]

laika murio en cuanto llego a la tierra

[starberr1e]

Laika you are the brightest star up there!

[M4V3R1K83]

Great video, thanks!

[bulga]

love you laika

[Travellerdream]

Good Times, nice music and vid.Thanks!!!

[sputnikslim]

Welcome back Laika!

[ruiner4242]

Live forever, Laika.