One calorie is equal to 4.184 joules, a common unit of energy used in the physical sciences. Most of us think of calories in relation to food, as in This can of soda has 200 Calories.. It turns out that the Calories on a food package are actually kilocalories (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). The word is sometimes capitalized to show the difference, but usually not. A food Calorie contains 4,840 joules. A can of soda containing 200 Calories contains 200,000 calories, or 200 kilocalories. A gallon of gasoline contains 31,000 Calories. The same applies to exercise -- when a fitness chart says you burn about 100 Calories for every mile you jog, it means 100 kilocalories. 1 g. Carbohydrates = 4 Calories.
Actually she died shortly after take off but the spacecraft itself, Sputnik II, was destroyed before it returned with Laika's body. Laika (from Russian: Barker) was a Russian space dog that became the first living creature from Earth to enter orbit.She was launched into space on Sputnik 2, a Soviet spacecraft, on November 3, 1957. Like many other animals in space, she died during the mission, though earlier than expected.he Russian pooch, unfortunately, had no way to return to Earth. After about a week in space, Laika died-the first living earth creature to leave the planet and enter space. First Animal in Space. November 3, 1957 The Soviet Union launches a female dog into space on Sputnik II.
The Soviet Union stunned the world on Nov. 3, 1957, with the launch of Sputnik 2. On board the small satellite was a little dog, Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth. However, Laika was not the first animal in space. The United States and the U.S.S.R. had been putting animals atop rockets since 1947.Laika, a mixed-breed dog, was the first living being in orbit.he dogs reached space on July 22, 1951, but did not orbit. They were the first mammals successfully recovered from spaceflight. After Laika, the Soviet Union sent two more dogs, Belka and Strelka, into space on Aug. 19, 1960. The animals were the first to actually orbit and return alive.