At 10AM on October 31 Laika was taken for her daily walk prior to being fitted with space garments and sensors. -NOTE- This is historically correct. (3G) SPECIAL NOTE- I DO NOT KNOW TO WHERE THE WALK WAS MADE. However, let me temper this with a degree of speculation. If I had been making that walk, then it would have been out to the pad by way of the railroad track. ALSO, THE R-7 ROCKET WAS NOT ON THE PAD AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IT IS ROUGHLY ILLUSTRATED ABOVE TO GIVE THE READER AN IDEA OF HOW IT WOULD APPEAR FROM A DISTANCE, JUST UPRIGHTED AND WITH THE FOUR HOLD DOWN ARMS TEMPORARILY SWUNG BACK CLEAR OF THE ROCKET. |
WALKING AT BAIKONUR COSMODROME |
From 1957 till present, the R-7 test flights, all the Sputniks and all the manned flights, Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz, have used Launch Pad # 1 at Baikonur. |
The R-7 rocket that Laika will ride is repositioned within the Horizonal Assembly Building as she is taken for a walk. NOTE- This scene is a fanciful creation. |