FITCHBURG — When it came to the annual “Love Your Dog – License Your Dog” art contest, “Dogs in Space” topped the ticket for the contest open to first through sixth graders in ...

Granted, naming the pet after the pioneering yet perished Soviet space dog from 1957 might give even the dimmest AI pause for thought, but the intention is a serious one: an astronaut needs unstinting ...

Laika was a three-year-old mixed terrier who was taken from the streets of Russia and thrust into a rocket in the name of ...