#LAIKA YOU ARE LOVED

[apuff]

he be rowing

[thetooncrew]

the great filter [fanart made for @laikascomet by @catmask. please check it out!]

[deep-space-lines]

Full-Size / True Color Version

Sometimes I think about the fact that first living being to orbit the Earth couldn't understand what was happening to her, couldn't understand the history she was making. Laika wasn't a volunteer. The technology to bring her back alive didn't exist. They sent her up anyway. She died, scared and alone, in a malfunctioning spacecraft hastily built to meet a political deadline.

When her heart rate tripled from the stress of acceleration, did she understand the magnitude of what she was experiencing? When she saw the stars outside her little window, did she believe the world had gone dark? In her final hours, did she feel wonder, or just fear?

"The more time passes, the more I’m sorry about it. We shouldn’t have done it. We did not learn enough from this mission to justify the death of the dog. When you understand that you can’t bring back Laika, that she perishes out there, and that no one can bring her back…that is a very heavy feeling." Oleg G. Gazenko

For me, there's some small consolation, at least, in knowing that although her death was unnecessary and cruel, Laika will never be forgotten. I love you, Laika. May you find peace among the stars.

Prints are available here.

[mintyepic]

you already know how this story ends

(@laikascomet)

[asoftepiloguemylove]

laika and the pain of loss

Matthew Stover Revenge of the Sith // Laika in a flight harness (via wikipedia) // Aeschylus Aeschylus: The Oresteia // Haruki Murakami Sputnik Sweetheart // Olessya Turkina Soviet Space Dogs // Haruki Murakami Norwegian Wood // Ada Limon Sharks in the Rivers // Marina Tsvetaeva from a letter to Boris Pasternak // @fateology muttnik // H.D. Loss // Lavinia Greenlaw For the First Dog in Space // Why Laika the Space Dog is All Animals (via lakia magazine)

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

[schnuffel-danny]

see you soon, laika

[fru1tt0ast]

star trek au where everything is the same except kirk has a service dog

[primrosedinocat]

I haven't had much time to draw lately because I've been moving, but I've finally got my tablet set up and wanted to get back into the swing of things with some @laikascomet fan art!

Commission Info

[evenceflux18]

Finally! A Coraline Commission!!💖 thank you so much!💜 I enjoyed doing this with the other characters🫶

I am still open for Coraline commissions ya'll! If this interests you!🥰

[emptymilk-bottle]

GUYSSSS I WENT TO THE LAIKA EXHIBITION AT THE BFI AND ITS THE COOLEST THING EVER AND I SAW A TALK W HENRY SELICK AND IT WAS THE COOLEST COOLEST THING EVER AAAAAA

[artemishasthebluez]

goodbye kabosu, you were loved by many <33 may you join cheems and laika in doggy heaven

[gay-mooshrooms]

do you guys think that laika and the opportunity rover are friends

[charrfie]

Category 50000 autism event

[degloved]

they literally did this to amanda young

[ramsei501st]

idk what's funnier for a modern day college au kubo:

1) regular dude with demigod vibes, not a demigod

2) demigod but everyone thinks he just has undiagnosed autism