Laika's card reads:
Laika was the name given to the Soviet dog shot 100 miles above the earth at a speed
of 18,000 m.p.h. in Sputnik II. As this satellite had no braking system it could not
therefore re-enter the earth's atmosphere. During the ten-day flight Laika's reactions
were continuously recorded. She was fed regularly by pellet foods, and water, under
pressure, to drink. Laika died painlessly when her air supply ran out.
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Major Gagarin's card reads:
Major Yuri Alexeyavich Gagarin, the world's first man into space, was born on
March 8, 1934, in the U.S.S.R. He became a Soviet best pilot in 1957 and
volunteered for space resesarch work. On April 12, 1961 he took off in the
orbital space-ship Vostok,and circled the earth in 89 minutes at a speed of
18,000 m.p.h.
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