A model of Laika inside the Sputnik 2 capsule on display at the Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics in Moscow in 2017. (Image credit: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images)

Laika didn't deserve what happened to her. May her sacrifice never be forgotten.

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