The world’s first astronaut Laika’s 60th anniversary November 3, 2017 marks the 60th anniversary of the day a dog was sent into space for the first time and literally became the ‘first astronaut’. Post the success of Sputnik-1, launched on October 4, 1957, Soviet leader at the time Nikita Khrushchev ordered the team to send a dog into space. Laika was a dog with humble beginnings who would become a […]