Belka&Strelka - 50!

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[Jemiba]

And some of Strelkas great-great-grandchildren can even still live in the US today, as
one of Strelkas puppies was given by Nikita Chruschtschow to John F.Kennedys
daughter Caroline !

 

[saintkatanalegacy]

cute :-*

 

[Michel Van]

Belka & Strelka were on the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft.
accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and a number of plants and fungi.
They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.
(First spacedog Laika died during flight from stress and overheating 1n Spunik 2)

Strelka (Стрелка, "Arrow") had six puppies, one of them Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") was give to Caroline Kennedy.
Pushinka and Kennedy dog Charlie had 4 puppies:
Butterfly and Streaker were given away to children in the Midwest.
White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends.

Streika is still here in taxidermied form...
Source Wiki

 

[yasotay]

And some of Strelkas great-great-grandchildren can even still live in the US today, as
one of Strelkas puppies was given by Nikita Chruschtschow to John F.Kennedys
daughter Caroline !

Found! Lives in upstate New York until winter, then goes to Ft. Lauderdale for the winter. Liven' the dream.

 

[Hammer Birchgrove]

I guess this is not the moment to mention what happened to the dog cosmonauts after they returned...

 

[asiscan]

Always liked the Soviet photograph HEAVY airbrushing techniques. Part of a era gone now.