Лайка、早く帰ってきて、、、

On November 3rd, 1957, she became the first living creature to orbit the Earth; though it's now known that only a few hours later Laika had passed on. I think of Laika often: how she lived as a stray on the streets until she was drafted into the cosmonaut program and subjected to "training;" and how she spent her last three days alive on Earth - inside of Sputnik 2 - waiting in the cold with only the hum and a little warmth from an exhaust hose to comfort her.