Belka and strelka

First Earthlings To Survive Orbital Flight. -1960-

Russian Space dogs Strelka & Belka in 1960

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On August 19 1960, Belka and Strelka made history by circling the Earth 18 times on the Soviet Korable-Sputnik 2 spacecraft - paving the way for cosmonaut Yuri Gararin.

Belka and Strelka

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Royalty among dogs: with the taxidermy bodies of Belka amf Strelka, the first beings to orbit the earth (excepting alien astronauts I suppose) next to the capsule they rode into space. At the museum of cosmonautics in Moscow.

55 years ago today, two “cosmonauts” went into orbit and safely returned.

Belka and Strelka, first dogs to make an orbital flight and live

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