Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka

Moscow. USSR. August 22, 1960. Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka pose for a photo. Belka and Strelka spent a day in space aboard Sputnik-5 spacecraft and were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive on August 19, 1960. Sergei Preobrazhensky, Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS

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