OTD In Space – March 9: Soviet Union Launches Dummy, Dog And Guinea Pig Into Space
On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would ...
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She Was The First Dog Launched Into Space, With Only One Meal And A Seven-Day Oxygen Supply
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched a dog named Laika into space. She rode aboard the Sputnik 2 […] ...
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After Putin sacked Russia’s space chief, the rumor mill is running red-hot
The country's space program survived the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter of a century ... Or bunnies? Or cats? Or dogs?" Putin asked. "Why not? Of course they will," she replied.
We planned for the unexpected, say stranded Nasa astronauts from space station
In a news briefing following the landing, Nasa spokesperson Steve Stich said: "From a human perspective, all of us feel happy ...
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‘Vile, dismissive, disappointing’: Samantha Mumba and Donal Skehan in war of words over Eurovision judging
Emmy’s song about a dead Soviet space dog gets the Eurovision nod in entertaining Late Late specialOpens in new window ] “My comments were never personal. They were about what would give ...
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Letters: Ireland acts like the poor neighbour, depending on others for our own defence
Gary Warburton’s letter about the Russian space dog Laika (‘Laika’s grim fate was very cruel and certainly not something to sing about’, February 17) reminded me of dog-loving neighbours ...
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OTD In Space – February 22: Soviet Space Dogs Launch On Record-Setting Mission
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7 Animals That Have Been to Space
Belka and Strelka, two Soviet space dogs, marked a major milestone in space exploration in 1960 when they became the first living creatures to orbit the Earth and return alive. Their mission aboard ...
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7 zwierząt, które były w kosmosie
Belka and Strelka, two Soviet space dogs, marked a major milestone in space exploration in 1960 when they became the first living creatures to orbit the Earth and return alive. Their mission aboard ...
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Baikonur Cosmodrome: Celebrating 70 Years of Launching Humanity Into Space
A month later, on Nov. 3, the Soviet Union launched the second satellite, this time carrying Laika, a husky dog and the first living being in space. On April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made ...
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Sunita Williams, set to return after 9 months, eager to reunite with her dogs
The two crews will spend about a week together aboard the space station before Wilmore and Williams depart with NASA's Nick Hague and the Russian Space Agency's Alexander Gorbunov. Wilmore and ...