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Laika

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 3, 2022 by Gog the Mild (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2022 (UTC)



Laika was one of the first animals in space and the first animal to orbit Earth. A stray mongrel from Moscow, she was selected as the occupant of Sputnik 2 which launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. The experiment aimed to prove that a living passenger could survive being launched into orbit and endure a micro-g environment, leading to human spaceflight and providing scientists with data on how living organisms react to spaceflight environments. Laika died from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government initially claimed, she was euthanised prior to oxygen depletion. On 11 April 2008, a monument to Laika was unveiled near the military research facility that prepared her flight to space. She also appears on the Monument to the Conquerors of Space.
 * Most recent similar article(s): NASA Astronaut Group 2 ran on September 17, which is also about spaceflight.
 * Main editors: Nomed by, saved it at FAR in 2006.
 * Promoted: July 7, 2004. Satisfactory at URFA/2020 on March 10, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: 65th anniversary of spaceflight and death.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 14:00, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Aoba47 (talk) 17:11, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Synapticrelay (talk) 22:11, 24 September 2022 (UTC)