Sputnik-type capsule, designed to carry animals into space, in Baikonur space museum, Kazakhstan. Photo at bottom shows a pair of space dogs, Belka an

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Sputnik-type capsule, designed to carry animals into space, in Baikonur space museum, Kazakhstan. Photo at bottom shows a pair of space dogs, Belka and Strelka, launched on Sputnik 5 in August 1960 and later recovered from orbit.

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Photo credit: © MARK WILLIAMSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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