Russian matchbox label Laika (?????, "Barker"), originally named Kudryavka (????????, "Little Curly"), became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit aboard Sputnik II on November 3, 1957.

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Book cover design by Milton Glaser for Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis. 1983

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Book Cover of Le Disciple by Paul Bourget 1932 by Crossett Library Bennington College, via Flickr

Russian matchbox label Laika (?????, "Barker"), originally named Kudryavka (????????, "Little Curly"), became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit aboard Sputnik II on November 3, 1957.