laika
laika died!?!?!? sheehs. good thing i didn't know that when i was a kid. laika was the first creature to travel into space. the russians built her capsule in about a month. so there was no time to figure out that re-entry thing. so they were going to euthanize her after a week in space. she apparently lived a few hours before the heat killed her. poor dog. my son b told me earlier this week that she died back then. i didn't believe it until i looked it up on the web. so of course, it must be true.