Dogs in the Soviet Union

Laika ( ; , ; – 3 November 1957) was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth. A stray mongrel from the streets of Moscow, she flew aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, launched into low orbit on 3 November 1957. As the technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika's survival was never expected. She died of hyperthermia hours into the flight, on the craft's fourth orbit.

Soviet artificial satellite that took the dog Laika to the space

dog taught to carry explosives to tanks, armored vehicles and other military targets

soviet space dogs

Soviet-era program that sent dogs to space with Soviet cosmonauts

1940 film by D.I. Yashin

Pushinka () was a dog given by the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in 1961. Pushinka was the daughter of Strelka, who had travelled into space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2.

two Soviet dogs, first higher animals to survive a spaceflight