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Animal testing in the Soviet Union

  • Soviet space dogsThe Soviet space program chose stray female dogs for their missions during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientists believed these animals could endure long periods…
  • Sputnik 2Nikita Khrushchev demanded a new satellite launch by early November 1957, just three weeks after Sputnik 1 had orbited the Earth.
  • LaikaA stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow became the first animal to orbit Earth. Soviet scientists chose this three-year-old female because they assumed…
  • Zond 5The Soviet Union launched Zond 5 on the 14th of September 1968. This mission followed a string of failures in their lunar program.