Tail-wagging cosmonaut

Usage examples of laika.

Careful not to step on Laika, Kosygin entered the dimly lit command centre.

Kosygin smiled, ignoring Laika, who sniffed in fascination at his right ankle.

Kosygin knew Zhukov studied him as he spoke, always testing his alertness, but he had difficulty paying attention while he subtly shook his leg in attempts to dislodge Laika from his ankle.

COLONEL General Viktor Aleksandrovich Zhukov followed Laika, his bold miniature Pekingese, down a rough-walled granite tunnel illuminated by yellowish green maintenance lighting.

Zhukov interrupted, pointing his extended arm at the guard so Laika could waddle closer and growl at him.

By his feet, at the end of her leash, Laika was already snoring where she had settled down on the plush carpet.

He was used to living in cramped quarterstrapped underground for months at a timebut without the company of Laika, his miniature Pekingese, he would have been driven mad.

He considered Laika much more intelligent than the two technical specialists piloting the mission, so he avoided contact with them in the thirty-foot-diameter hab module.

Zhukov pulled himself over to a seat and strapped in while he held Laika in his lap with a firm grip.

As if inspired by her namesake, the first dog in space, Laika accepted the new weight of her body without a sound.

With Laika leading the way in her spacesuit, Zhukov exited the elevator to get his first glimpse of the Borovitsky Gate.

In contrast, Laika strained at her leash trying to plunge through the gate to her doom.

Zhukov stooped to pick up the silently yapping Laika while Colonel Vladimir Korolev, commander of the Red Star base, strolled into the room from the elevator.

Beside the general, at the end of a short gold leash, Laika stood with her front paws pressed against the glass, her eyes in constant motion while she looked for potential victims.

Zhukov was puzzled, never having seen this behaviour from his loyal Laika before.