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Dogs 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…