In October 2002, a Russian scientist named Dimitri Malashenkov stood up at a space conference in Houston and quietly explained that the dog Laika, whom the Soviet Union had publicly mourned as a heroic week-long orbiter in 1957, had actually died of heat and panic within about five hours of launch.June 5, 2026
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend quickly finds a buyer for charming $1.6 million Cape Cod home Personal Finance May 27, 2026 The Kennedy heiress has already secured an offer for the quaint home near the Kennedy family’s famed Hyannis Port compound.