| WELCOME, YOU HAVE ENTERED THE WEB SITE OF A SPACE FLIGHT PIONEER. A SMALL DOG WHO HELPED LEAD HUMANITY INTO THE FUTURE, AND SERVED HER SOVIET MASTERS WELL. SINCE THE DAWNING OF THE SPACE AGE, MYSTERY AND MYTH HAVE SURROUNDED HER FLIGHT ON SPUTNIK-2. ONLY IN RECENT TIMES HAVE NEW DETAILS EMERGED. HEREIN IS THE STORY, A SPECIAL BLEND OF HISTORY, ABOUT THE COLD WAR, SPUTNIK, THE SOVIET SPACE DOG LAIKA, AND HOW THE WORLD WAS FOREVER CHANGED. |
| -THE COLD WAR - - SPUTNIK - - AND SOVIET SPACE DOG LAIKA - by: Aaron George Bailey Sherwood, Arkansas USA This Web Page was created on October 4, 2007 Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of "The Birth of the Space Age" WARNING ! - SOME READERS WILL FIND DISTURBING CONTENT WITHIN THIS WEB SITE ! |
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PREVIEW - FROM STEAM LOCOMOTIVES TO SPACESHIPS - The Dawning of the Space Age
Chapter #1 - A HOME AT THE INSTITUTE - Laika, a Small Stray Nabbed Off the Street
Chapter #2 - A COSMIC EVENT FROM THE 20TH CENTURY- Russia's Baby Moon Surprise- 2 parts
Chapter #3 - PREFLIGHT - Being a Good Dog - Through the Eyes of Laika- in 2 parts
Chapter #4 - RIDING FIRE AND THUNDER - Looking Through the Eyes of Laika - in 2 parts
Chapter #5 - LAIKA'S STAR - A Distant Beacon on an Uncharted Sea
Chapter #6 - THE BOND BETWEEN MAN AND DOG - long version - strong commentary - default
Chapter #6 - THE BOND BETWEEN MAN AND DOG - short version
Chapter #7 - THE CHALLENGE - Sparking a Technological Explosion
Chapter #8 - FORTY YEARS LATER -THE REST OF THE LAIKA STORY- Dr Gazenko From the Heart
Chapter #9 - POSTSCRIPT
LAIKA / SPUTNIK-2 HISTORICAL SUMMARY - Plus a Condensed One Page Printout
DEFINITIONS and ABBREVIATIONS
REFERENCES
THE MYSTERIOUS HEARTBEAT SOUND FROM SPUTNIK-2 - Biological or Mechanical ?
SPUTNIK-2 ORBIT SIMULATIONS - Position Relative to Key Events
BUSTING THE MYTH OF - A TV IMAGE OF LAIKA FROM ORBIT ?
INTRIGUING REPORTS FROM THE EARLY SPACE AGE -Spacecraft Radio Frequency - page 1 of 2
INTRIGUING REPORTS FROM THE EARLY SPACE AGE -Space Capsule Frequency - page 2 of 2
INTERCEPTING RADIO SIGNALS FROM THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM - My HF & VHF Antennas
INTERCEPTING SPACECRAFT SIGNALS - The Russian Soyuz & Salyut-6 - My 121.750 MHz Radio
A POOR MAN'S PEN RECORDER FOR PULSE DURATION (PDM) TELEMETRY on 20.008Mhz
A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF PDM TELEMETRY AND ON-OFF BEACONS
THE FOREVER CHANGING ORBIT OF SALYUT-6 - The Problem of Real Time Tracking in 1978
OLD RADIO DAYS - WHAT FREQUENCY AM I TUNED TO ? - The truth is in the Crystal Calibrator.
RADIO SIGNALS FROM SPACE - Satellite Sounds - My Intercepts
LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE - LRAFB a Brief History - during the Cold War and now
HAM RADIO - My favorite Rig and Mode of Operation
SATELLITE WATCHING - A Pleasant Backyard Pastime
THE EVOLUTION OF ELECTRONICS - A Collection of Items
SOVIET UNION FLIGHT RESEARCH WITH ANIMAL TEST SUBJECTS - under construction
COLLECTIBLES ON PARADE- (1) (2)
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
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