00:00The capsule, over 500 kilograms with the rocket stage attached, circles every 100 minutes.
00:07The world erupts in awe and horror, proof that mammals can endure launch and microgravity,
00:14vital data for future human flights.
00:17Korolev's team scores another massive win, living proof of Soviet superiority.
00:23But here's the heartbreaking truth.
00:25No re-entry technology existed.
00:28No heat shield.
00:30No recovery plan.
00:31The mission was always one way.
00:34Initial Soviet reports claimed she lived days, euthanized gently with poisoned food before oxygen ran out.
00:41Decades later, in 2002, scientists admitted the reality.
00:46A thermal control failure caused the cabin to overheat rapidly.
00:51Laika died from stress and hyperthermia, likely within five to seven hours, maybe four orbits.
00:57Alone, terrified, cooking alive in a metal sphere.
01:02A daily thunderstorm failure.
01:03The
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