Laika's Window - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laika's Window write by Kurt Caswell. This book was released on 2018-09-18. Laika's Window available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable data that would make future manned space flight possible. People believed that Laika died a painless death as her oxygen ran out. Only in recent decades has the real story become public: Laika died after only a few hours in orbit when her capsule overheated. Laika’s Window positions Laika as a long overdue hero for leading the way to human space exploration. Kurt Caswell examines Laika’s life and death and the speculation surrounding both. Profiling the scientists behind Sputnik II, he studies the political climate driven by the Cold War and the Space Race that expedited the satellite’s development. Through this intimate portrait of Laika, we begin to understand what the dog experienced in the days and hours before the launch, what she likely experienced during her last moments, and what her flight means to history and to humanity. While a few of the other space dog flights rival Laika’s in endurance and technological advancements, Caswell argues that Laika’s flight serves as a tipping point in space exploration “beyond which the dream of exploring nearby and distant planets opened into a kind of fever from which humanity has never recovered.” Examining the depth of human empathy—what we are willing to risk and sacrifice in the name of scientific achievement and our exploration of the cosmos, and how politics and marketing can influence it—Laika’s Windowis also about our search to overcome loneliness and the role animals play in our drive to look far beyond the earth for answers.
Laika the Space Dog
Laika the Space Dog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laika the Space Dog write by Jeni Wittrock. This book was released on 2015. Laika the Space Dog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Simple text and full-color illustrations describe the true story of Laika, the first dog in outer space"--
Laika
Laika - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laika write by Owen Davey. This book was released on 2013-10-08. Laika available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Laika, a stray dog found in Moscow, becomes the first animal to be launched into space.
Laika
Laika - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laika write by Nick Abadzis. This book was released on 2007-09-04. Laika available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth's first space traveler. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, once a political prisoner, now a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika's health and life. This intense triangle is rendered with the pitch-perfect emotionality of classics like Because of Winn Dixie, Shiloh, and Old Yeller. Abadzis gives life to a pivotal moment in modern history, casting light on the hidden moments of deep humanity behind history. Laika's story will speak straight to your heart. Laika is the winner of the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens and an Eisner Award nominee for Best Reality-Based Work.
Animals in Space
Animals in Space - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Animals in Space write by Colin Burgess. This book was released on 2007-07-05. Animals in Space available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is as a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history of animal space flights carried out by all nations, but principally the United States and the Soviet Union. It explores the ways in which animal high-altitude and space flight research impacted on space flight biomedicine and technology, and how the results - both successful and disappointing - allowed human beings to then undertake that same hazardous journey with far greater understanding and confidence. This complete and authoritative book will undoubtedly become the ultimate authority on animal space flights.
