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Lockheed Martin X-59 Quesst (Quiet SuperSonic Technology), NASA’s Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator program under which an experimental supersonic aircraft was developed at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facilities. The aircraft’s purpose is to test whether commercial supersonic flight over land can be made viable by significantly reducing the sonic boom generated when exceeding the speed of sound. The program’s long-term goal is to provide scientific data to support the lifting of the United States’

Laika, on 3 November 1957, became the first living creature sent into Earth orbit by the Soviet Union aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika, a stray mixed-breed dog from the streets of Moscow, was selected for this historic mission to test the effects of space travel on living organisms. Historical Background In the mid-1950s, the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union had evolved into a global technological competition. The Soviet Union gained temporary superiority in this