Russian space dogs - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Russian Space Dogs: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Space Dogs - Orbital Flights
Russian space dogs - Laika. Main article: Laika Laika (Лайка, "Barker"), originally named Kudryavka (Кудрявка, "Little Cur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laika: Encyclopedia Ii - Laika - Laika's Voyage
The Soviet Union and the United States had previously sent animals only on sub-orbital flights. Three dogs were trained for the Sputnik 2...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monkeys In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Monkeys In Space - United States
The first monkey astronaut was Albert, a rhesus monkey, who on June 11, 1948 rode to over 63 km (39 miles) on a V2 rocket. Albert died of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia - Dog
The dog is a canine mammal of the Order Carnivora. It has been argued the dog has been domesticated for 12,000 years, but perhaps for as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laika: Encyclopedia Ii - Laika - Sputnik 2
Main article: Sputnik 2 After the success of Sputnik 1, Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, wanted a second spacecraft launched on Nove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laika: Encyclopedia Ii - Laika - Controversy
Sputnik 2 was not designed to be retrievable, so Laika was doomed to die from the beginning. It sparked a debate across the globe on the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laika: Encyclopedia Ii - Laika - Laika In Popular Culture
Laika's pioneering journey made her one of the most famous dogs in the world. A plaque commemorating fallen cosmonauts was unveiled at th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monkeys In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Monkeys In Space - Soviet Union/russia
The Soviet/Russian space program in the Bion program satellites used only the rhesus species. The first Soviet monkeys, Abrek and Bion, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1950s
On August 31, 1950 the U.S. launched a mouse into space (137 km) aboard a V2 (the Albert V flight which unlike the Albert I-IV flights di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Behavior
All dogs have a tremendous capacity to learn complex social behavior and to interpret varied body language and sounds, and, like many pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Exploration: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Exploration - Space Agencies
Space exploration - Argentinian Space Agency. The Argentina Space Agency, founded in 1996 is oriented to the development of Earth Obser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sputnik 5: Encyclopedia Ii - Sputnik 5 - Mission Highlights
This spacecraft was the second in a series of spacecraft designed to further the development of an Earth orbiting system for the planned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Exploration: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Exploration - Reusable Spacecraft
The first reusable spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, was launched by the USA on the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight, on April 12, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1940s
The first animals intentionally sent into space were fruit flies which were sent along with corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2 rocket i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 2000s
The last flight of Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003 carried silkworms, golden orb spiders, carpenter bees, harvester ants, and Japanese kil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Exploration: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Exploration - Timeline Of Space Exploration
Space exploration - 1957-1975. 1Project Vanguard was transferred from the NRL to NASA immediately before launch. 2 The Soviet Union had...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1990s
Four monkeys flew aboard the last Bion flights of the Soviet Union as well as frogs and fruit flies. The Foton program flights carried do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1970s
Two bullfrogs were launched on a one way mission on the Orbiting Frog Otolith satellite on November 9, 1970 to better understand space mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animals In Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Animals In Space - 1960s
On January 31, 1961, Ham the chimp was launched in a Mercury capsule aboard a Redstone rocket. His mission was Mercury-Redstone 2. The ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Dog Breeds
There are numerous dog breeds, over 800 being recognized by various kennel clubs worldwide. As all dog breeds have been derived from mixe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Reproduction
Among professional breeders, dogs are only allowed to mate for a specific purpose. Sometimes dogs are bred to create puppies to sell, or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Diet
Presently, there is academic discussion as to whether domestic dogs are omnivores or carnivores. The classification in the Order Carnivor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Terminology
Dog, in common usage, refers to the domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris (originally classified as Canis familiaris by Linnaeus in 1758, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Exploration: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Exploration - Criticisms
It is more expensive to perform certain tasks in space with humans rather than by robots or machines. Humans need large spacecraft that c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Spaying And Neutering
Dog experts advise that dogs not intended for further breeding should be spayed or neutered so that they do not have undesired puppies. U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Exploration: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Exploration - Orbiting And Reaching Space
From a spaceflight perspective, the definition of space usually used is that space begins 100 km (62 miles) above Earth's surface. The Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Attributes
Modern dog breeds show more variation in size, appearance, and behavior than any other domestic animal. Within the range of extremes, dog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Ancestry And History Of Domestication
Molecular systematics indicate that the domestic dog (Canis familiaris) descends from one or more populations of wild wolves (Canis lupus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dog: Encyclopedia Ii - Dog - Diseases And Ailments
Dogs are susceptible to various diseases, ailments, and poisons, some of which affect humans in the same way, others of which are unique ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Space Dogs: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Space Dogs - Sub-orbital Flights
Several dogs made high-altitude flights on R-1 series rockets between 1951 and 1952. Russian space dogs - Dezik Tsygan and Lisa. Dezik ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Russian Space Dogs: Encyclopedia Ii - Russian Space Dogs - Training
Stray dogs, rather than animals accustomed to living in a house, were chosen because the scientists felt they would be able to tolerate t...   » Read the article