Fifty-four years ago today, a plucky little mongrel became the world's first space pilot, taking a one-way trip aboard Sputnik 2. Here's to you, Laika.
Image: Detail of "Laika", by Phineras X Jones. Prints available from the artist.
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Grand Rounds Vol. 6 No. 2 are up on Laika's MedLibLog
And because I didn't get this up yesterday: it's been 52 years since an intrepid little mongrel made it into space. Here's to you, Laika!
Here's a bunch of graphic novels I've read in the last while that are well worth your time reading and acquiring for your library!
"All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life." -Oscar Wilde
I read this a while ago, very rivetting, very emotional, but for a space nut, very illuminating: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika_%28comics%29