Editing Laika (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Posta Romana - 1959 - Laika 120 B.jpg|thumb|right|"Laika, first traveller into cosmos" stamp issued by [[Poșta Română]] in 1957]]

Laika is memorialised in the form of a statue and plaque at [[Star City, Russia|Star City]], the Russian Cosmonaut training facility.{{r|redOrbit}} Created in 1997, Laika is positioned behind the cosmonauts with her ears erect.{{r|redOrbit}} The [[Monument to the Conquerors of Space]] in Moscow, constructed in 1964, also includes Laika.{{r|Telstar}} On 11 April 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/laika-monument|title=Laika Monument|website=Atlas Obscura|access-date=3 November 2022|archive-date=3 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203064427/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/laika-monument|url-status=live}}</ref> at the military research facility where staff had been responsible for readying Laika for the flight, officials unveiled a monument of her poised on top of a space rocket.{{r|RussiaOpensMonument}} Stamps and envelopes picturing Laika were produced, as well as branded cigarettes and matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-41901604/the-dog-that-orbited-the-earth|title=The dog that orbited the Earth|publisher=[[BBC News]] Magazine|work=Witness|date=8 November 2017|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726224459/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/magazine-41901604/the-dog-that-orbited-the-earth|url-status=live}}</ref>

Future space missions carrying dogs would be designed to be recovered; the first successful recovery followed the flight of [[Korabl-Sputnik&nbsp;2]], wherein the dogs [[Belka and Strelka]], alongside dozens of other organisms, safely returned to Earth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/laika-dog-all-animals-space-1469393|title=Laika the dog: These are all the animals that have been into space|last=Georgiou|first=Aristos|date=November 3, 2019|website=Newsweek|access-date=4 November 2022|archive-date=3 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103234513/https://www.newsweek.com/laika-dog-all-animals-space-1469393|url-status=live}}</ref> Nonetheless, four other dogs later died in Soviet space missions: [[Soviet space dogs#Bars and Lisichka|Bars and Lisichka]] were killed when their R{{nbh}}7 rocket exploded shortly after launch on 28 July 1960,{{sfnp|Siddiqi|2000|p=252|ps=none}} while [[Soviet space dogs#Pchyolka and Mushka|Pchyolka and Mushka]] died when [[Korabl-Sputnik&nbsp;3]] suffered an emergency and had to be detonated.{{sfnp|Siddiqi|2000|p=259|ps=none}}

Norwegian singer [[Emmy (Norwegian singer)|Emmy]] released a song in 2025 titled "[[Laika Party]]" to compete in the [[Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025#Eurosong 2025|Irish ''Eurosong'' selection]] for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2025|2025 Eurovision Song Contest]]. The song tells a story about the singer wishing that Laika had never died and was living happily in space. Emmy won the selection to represent Ireland at the contest at the event.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norwegian singer EMMY to represent Ireland at Eurovision 2025 |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0207/1495283-emmy-to-represent-ireland-at-eurovision-2025/ |work=[[RTÉ News]] |date=7 February 2025}}</ref>