The First Dog In Space

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In 1957 a dog from Russia named Laika became the first canine to orbit the Earth and one of the first animals in space. This recreation of the event is based on footage recovered from a smashed iPhone 5S.

According to Russian science historian Denis Semenov, Laika became the first animal to explore space, saving up to 7500 lives and caused the deaths of two Americans who were monitoring her. The iPhone 5S from which the footage was recovered was used in the latest Mac OS X Yosemite. MacOS will appear on the iPhone 5S when it launches in October.

Laika's on-board recorder is in the exhibition, the rest of it is computer generated. The actual iPhone 5S was used for the creation of the scene.

Semenov claims Laika was a Stalinist spy, but friends suggest she was kidnapped by the US or perhaps simply turned rogue as punishment. The video has caused a recent spike in popularity as a genuine artifact from the 50's.

An internet search of "little green men" turns up tens of thousands of results. According to a high school professor in Idaho, the product of UFO encounters was often preserved for research and then used as "proof" of the presence of extraterrestrial beings.

But now, critics of Laika believe these bizarre claims and the video are part of an elaborate hoax. In 1973, then KGB General and intelligence officer Yuri Andropov stopped by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in Washington and personally requested the video.

Text Largely Generated By GPT2, just for shits and giggles.

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