The first animal to orbit the Earth was a Russian mongrel named Laika. She was born in 1954 and passed away a few hours after going to space, onboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2. No one knew how an animal would survive the atmosphere, but Laika’s memory lives on – a monument was unveiled in her honor in Russia in 2008, and in “Proxima,” the third feature from writer-director Alice Winocour, the family cat shares her name.
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- 9/8/2019
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