7/2/2023 0 Comments Laika studios jobs![]() It's a sweet rewrite of what is, in reality, a truly tragic story.Īccording to the Royal Museums Greenwich, the first known animals in space were fruit flies, which were sent 67 miles into the air in 1947 by Americans who were curious about how cosmic radiation might impact biological structures. While Laika didn't make it back to Earth, Marvel Comics' Cosmo got lost in space, arriving on the planet Knowhere after being subject to random cosmic rays that turned him into a superdog complete with telekinetic and telepathic powers. The Marvel Comics version of Cosmo is actually a good boy rather than a good girl, but James Gunn's films reintroduced the character as a female dog in reference to the real-life critter that inspired her: Laika, a stray dog that the Soviet Union sent into space in 1957. It's a decidedly weird getup for a dog, but it makes sense when considering Cosmo's origin story: in Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's 2007 comic run, "Nova," Cosmo is introduced as a dog who survived experiments from the Soviet Space Program (aka CCCP) in the 1960s. It features a patch that says CCCP and a rust red collar opening that could connect to a helmet - complete with what looks like a tiny sensor antenna. Cosmo also wears a pretty distinctive outfit: she's decked out in an old-fashioned spacesuit that's a bit like the kind astronauts wore during the Space Race.
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