Laika Space Dog Quotes & Sayings

It made her think of Laika, the dog. The man-made satellite streaking soundlessly across the blackness of outer space. The dark, lustrous eyes of the dog gazing out of the tiny window. In the infinite loneliness of space, what could Laika possibly be looking at? — Haruki Murakami

The only thing I had was Laika, the dog, whose homeless soul was howling through the cosmos. And my brother, the Minotaur. — Georgi Gospodinov

Soon after launching Sputnik in 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik II with its passenger Laika ("Barker," also known as Little Curly), the Soviet space dog. She was a female stray found on the streets of Moscow (and those godless Soviets let her die in orbit). — Lily Koppel