Soviet space dogs
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet space program used dogs for suborbital and orbital space flights as proof-of-concept to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. The Soviet space program ty
Original Soviet space dog environmentally controlled safety module used on sub-orbital and orbital spaceflights
Laika on a Romanian post stamp
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Sputnik 2
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Sputnik 2, or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2, launched on 3 November 1957, was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, and the first to carry an animal into orbit, a Soviet space dog named Laika.
Model of Sputnik 2 at the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow
USSR postage stamp "Спутник-2"
Photograph of Sputnik 2 and its rocket taken by Air Force personnel at Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida, in March 1958.