November 29, 2002

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  OLEG GAZENKO and LAIKA THE DOG.
  The people at Mongrel Media have recreated in puppet animation (this was a few years ago) the real life story of the Russian scientist who was responsible for training the USSR’s space dogs in 1957.

  Listen to the story with sound effects and music:
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  This part of the show tells the story of Oleg Gazenko, the Soviet scientist who selected and trained space-dog Laika, the first living creature in orbit. In three minutes, visitors follow Gazenko and Laika on an epic journey. They see Gazenko finding Laika in the Moscow streets, training her for space travel, launching her into orbit then mourning the outcome of her voyage. The show uses quotes from Gazenko himself to highlight his feeling’s about Laika’s historic journey. – quoted from the Mongrel Media website

  P.S. The Laika story  is a sad one. But in our version of the story – in Cosmic Baby (which we are animating right now), Laika survives in space as a loyal doggy comrade.

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