Elon Musk is threatening to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station ...

“I will surely go to space, surely,” the caption reads. Another picture mentions a dog-like character’s children traveling someday. All of the images have Strelka Stories on them. Strelka ...

Long before humans stepped into space, a host of animals led the way. From dogs and monkeys to tortoises and flies, these ...

In 1960, two mixed-breed dogs from Russia, Belka and Strelka, made history as the first dogs to survive an orbital trip into space aboard Sputnik 6. Initially, neither dog appeared to be moving ...

Harding, and Calvin Coolidge. In 1960, two mixed-breed dogs from Russia, Belka and Strelka, made history as the first dogs to survive an orbital trip into space aboard Sputnik 6. Initially, neither ...

Monkeys, like Albert II, reached space in 1949, and Ham the chimpanzee followed in 1961, paving the way for human flights. Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka safely orbited Earth in 1960. Tortoises ...

but the genetic lessons learned from radiation effects will be valuable for human space travelers. *And farther out than the Russians’ two dogs, Strelka and Belka, who orbited the earth in ...

a stray dog, was sent aboard Sputnik 2. Tragically, Laika died a few hours into the flight, marking a significant, albeit heartbreaking, milestone in space exploration. - Belka and Strelka ...

“Some of them did reach space altitudes only to die on impact when the parachutes failed.” Soviet cosmonaut dogs Belka and Strelka flew to space in 1960 aboard Sputnik 5. Heritage Images ...

Kennedy a small mixed-breed dog from the litter of Strelka, one of two Russian mutts to have flown into space and returned safely. Pushinka ("fluffy" in Russian) arrived in Washington, D.C., only ...