Laika Animal Testing

The U.S.S.R or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is a group of Russians that are trying to send humans into space but like all experiments they have to take tests. After sputnik when they sent a satellite into space they wanted to send humans into space but they did not know how.Then after many other animals were tested they tested dogs because they are the closest animals to a human. Laika was the first dog sent into space making a landmark on human history november 3, 1957. She was first dog to orbit the earth even though the soviet union knew she would not survive. Dogs that are tested are strays. Soviet union workers found dogs that were in the pound and used theses dogs to test the ability of space flight. They blocked the rest of …show more content…
First to test the ability of orbited the earth was the famous Laika a national treasure. Laika first dog to orbit the earth but not the first one to come back alive she died of overheating and not enough air only after a few hours. Early times when scients tested dog and monkey most of the time it would be thought that they would test these animals and they would return easily. Then testing the saftey of coming back unharmed but it was harder than thought of. The soviet union did not want anyone to take their Idea of the first people to send human into space. Then creating a way to keep people away. They started making the rockets larger for more space then added a pack of dogs. The pack of dogs was a way to show how much a few humans in space would be. Making the amount of the dogs weight equal to the amount of weight on a human astronaut. Theses dogs are the second thing to enter space that was not a satelite making a landmark in human history. Then the U.S.S.R. added a pack of dogs so it would match what a human space would react and how they would survive in