Amaya Toman Today's part of our "historical" series about important events in the field of technology will be literally "space" - in it we recall the flight of Laika into orbit in 1957 and the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis in 1994.
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Laika in Space (1957)
On November 3, 1957, the then Soviet Union launched an artificial satellite called Sputnik 2 into Earth's orbit. The satellite was carried by an R-7 launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and was populated by a dog, Laika. He thus became the first living creature to be in Earth's orbit (if we don't count the octomilka from February 1947). Laika was a wandering homeless female, caught in one of the streets of Moscow, and her original name was Kudryavka. She was trained to stay on board the Sputnik 2 satellite, but no one expected her return. Lajka was originally expected to stay in orbit for about a week, but eventually died after a few hours due to stress and overheating.
Atlantis 13 (1994)
On November 3, 1994, the 66th space shuttle Atlantis mission, designated STS-66, was launched. It was the thirteenth mission for the space shuttle called Atlantis, the goal of which was to launch satellites named Atlas-3a CRIST-SPAS into orbit. The shuttle took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, landing successfully at Edwards Air Force Base one day later.
