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Dec. 6, 1957: Vanguard TV3 explodes
On Dec. 6, 1957, the Naval Research Laboratory attempted to launch Vanguard Test Vehicle 3, an answer to Sputnik and part of ...
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First animal in space! Brave stray dog whose 1957 space mission made history and never returned
Sixty-eight years ago, on November 3, 1957, a historic event unfolded when Laika, a small stray dog from Moscow, became the first living creature to orbit Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2.
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