#cosmonot

Laika was the first animal in Space. She was a dog that had been picked off the streets of Moscow. Because others willed it, Laika was torn from her home. Laika found herself in a foreign environment. Alone and scared. I wonder if she saw the Earth. I wonder what she thought when she saw the Earth? I wonder if she smelt space? I wonder if she was terribly alone? If she was terribly scared? I wonder if she ever understood. Why she was there or something greater.

Within five hours of being in space Laika died from overheating.

Cosmonot - Loserhead