Korabl-Sputnik 2
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Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit an
Korabl-Sputnik 2 with Strelka and Belka at Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
Vostok spacecraft
Pushinka
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Pushinka was a dog given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in 1961. Pushinka was the daughter of Strelka, who had travelled into space abo
John F. Kennedy Jr. with one of Pushinka's puppies at Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, 14 August 1963
President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and John F. Kennedy Jr. with two of Pushinka's puppies and their other family dogs, at Squaw Island, Hyannis Port, 14 August 1963