I guess Fluttershy was devastated to know that a dog died during the mission. She loves animals and I guess she couldn’t deal with the idea that a dog died all alone up in space

Comrade Laika rocket dog  
Hero of the Soviet State  
Comrade Laika hero dog  
Lauched by Stalin into space  
Comrade Laika rocket dog  
Comrade Laika rolling stone  
Comrade Laika hero dog  
Give this cosmo dog a bone
 
WALKIES WALKIES  
SPACE WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
COLD WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
BERLIN WALKIES  
DIE IN SPAAAAACEEEE!
 
Comrade Laika rocket dog  
Denounce bourgeoisie pedigree chum  
Comrade Laika hero dog  
Communist borscht in the vacuum  
HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
 
WALKIES WALKIES  
SPACE WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
COLD WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
BERLIN WALKIES  
DIE IN SPAAAAACEEEE!
 
ooOOOooooOOOooooo  
5!  
4!  
3!  
2!  
1!  
LIFTOFFSKI!
 
HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY!
 
WALKIES WALKIES  
SPACE WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
COLD WALKIES  
WALKIES WALKIES  
BERLIN WALKIES  
DIIIIEEEE IIIIINNNNNN SPAAAAACEEEE!

Even if she died from burning up, mammals have a automatic receptor when their bodies reach a certain degree that automatically makes them lose conscienousness. Even so, im sure the extreme G’s caused by entering the earths atmosphere would have caused the dog to pass out.

“We shouldn’t have done it… We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog.”  

Hey at least they honored her memory with a statue.
 
And after her incident they made it so the animals they used could actually be retrievable.
 
Only two other dogs died during that time and that was an accident.

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D:

Oh no sorry she actually died of overheating, the reported story was she died due to oxygen loss.
 
Yeah she didn’t pass peacefully.

@RandomFanguy
 
No they didn’t. They had no way to retrieve them so I think they laced their food supply with poison.
 
Also here is here wiki page.

I don’t think they even had a return plan.

@SuperGex3: The Return of SuperGex
 
Well of course she did.
 
Russian engineering at the time wasn’t well known for it’s safety. That’s why they tested extensively using animals.
 
They say that she lost consciousness due to an oxygen leak soon after reaching orbit and died. I don’t think she would have felt anything so she hopefully died relatively peacefully.

I read her story.
 
;_;

Um, why is she black and white? unless we’re seeing her on tv it shouldn’t be like that.
 
 
Also, the dog dies.

Wait, Laika died on her mission? That’s sad.