laika the spacedog was a mongrel female dog.
laika the spacedog was a mongrel female dog.
what type of dog was laika the spacedog?
mongrel female
laika was found as a stray wandering the streets of moscow. soviet scientists chose to use moscow strays since they assumed that such animals had already learned to endure conditions of extreme cold and hunger. this specimen was a mongrel female, approximately three years old. another account reported that she weighed about . soviet personnel gave her several names and nicknames, among them kudryavka (russian for "little curly"), zhuchka ("little bug"), and limonchik ("little lemon"). laika, the russian name for several breeds of dogs similar to the husky, was the name popularised around the world. the american press dubbed her muttnik ("mutt" + suffix "-nik") as a pun on sputnik, or referred to her as "curly". her true pedigree is unknown, although it is generally accepted that she was part husky or other nordic breed, and possibly part terrier. nasa refers to laika as a "part-samoyed terrier." a russian magazine described her temperament as phlegmatic, saying that she did not quarrel with other dogs. vladimir yazdovsky, who led the program of test dogs used on rockets, in a later publication wrote that “laika was quiet and charming”.
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cosmo the spacedog









































cosmo the spacedog is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. cosmo, a telepathic soviet dog, is the security chief of the space station knowhere and a member of the guardians of the galaxy. the character was created by dan abnett and andy lanning as a reference to laika and first appeared in "nova" vol. 4 #8 (january, 2008 issue).









































cosmo the spacedog appeared in the marvel cinematic universe film "guardians of the galaxy".









































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cosmo the spacedog