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Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return.
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Soviet space dogs
Soviet-era program that sent dogs to space
During the 1950s and 1960s the Soviet space program used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. The Soviet space program typically used female dogs due to their anatomical compatibility with the spacesuit. Similarly,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dezik and Tsygan
Soviet space dogs
Dezik and Tsygan were the first two Soviet space dogs and, during their suborbital flight on July 22, 1951, the first dogs to fly into space. Dezik became the first two-time space traveler during a suborbital flight in September 1951, but was killed when the parachute failed to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sub-orbital spaceflight
Spaceflight where the spacecraft does not go into orbit
A sub-orbital spaceflight is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches outer space, but its trajectory intersects the surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched. Hence, it will not complete one orbital revolution, will not become an artificial satellite nor…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kapustin Yar
Rocket range in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia
Kapustin Yar is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material, and scientific support gained from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)