Russia marks 50th anniversary of space dogs flight - The Associated Press


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Russia marks 50th anniversary of space dogs flight
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The successful flight of Belka and Strelka had showcased the Soviet lead in space exploration and turned the dogs into global celebrities. ...
Dogs unleashed space flight race 50 years ago todayUSA Today
From Dogs to Frogs, the Creatures That Rocketed Into SpaceNewsweek
The Soviet Union's first space survivorsRT
Space Daily -Gizmodo Australia
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Russia to Mothball Historic Sputnik Launch Site - AOL News


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Russia to Mothball Historic Sputnik Launch Site
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A month later in Baikonur, the Russians sent a trained dog named Laika into space in Sputnik 2. Laika did not survive the ordeal, but he paved the way for ...

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Simon McBurney's leap into opera - Financial Times

Simon McBurney's leap into opera
Financial Times
McBurney's first opera, A Dog's Heart, based on a 1925 novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, is by young Russian composer Alexander Raskatov – a piece commissioned, ...

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Soviet space dogs hailed as heroes - Independent

Soviet space dogs hailed as heroes
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AP Russia remembered two unlikely national heroes yesterday – a pair of skinny street dogs who gave the Soviet Union an edge in the space race when they ...

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Google Russia's Soviet Space Dog Doodle: Белка и Стрелка - Search Engine Roundtable (blog)

Google Russia's Soviet Space Dog Doodle: Белка и Стрелка
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Their names are Belka and Strelka (Белка и Стрелка ) and they are two dogs, amongst many, that the Soviet Union sent up to space to test safe space travel. ...

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August 19, 1960 USSR doggy space flight celebrated - allvoices

August 19, 1960 USSR doggy space flight celebrated
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The flight was a key step in the space program that sent Yury Gagarin into space a year later. By 1960, Soviet space engineers had designed a returnable ...
Spaceship with animals returnsDeccan Chronicle

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All Dogs Go to Heaven - LubbockOnline.com (blog)

All Dogs Go to Heaven
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There's Sergey Korolyov, the lead designer and engineer of the Soviet space program, ambitious and charismatic but also single-minded and obsessive, ...

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DVD reviews: 'Marmaduke,' 'Harry Brown' - Reno Gazette Journal


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DVD reviews: 'Marmaduke,' 'Harry Brown'
Reno Gazette Journal
DVD and Blu-ray extras include deleted scenes, a bit on the canine casting and a special look at the film's “surfing dogs” sequence. ...
DVD reviews: Caine's 'Harry Brown' takes revengePittsburgh Tribune-Review

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Reviews: 'Marmaduke' barks up right tree on DVD - San Jose Mercury News

Reviews: 'Marmaduke' barks up right tree on DVD
San Jose Mercury News
"9th Company": Soviet troops face the harsh reality that everything they fought for in Afghanistan is crumbling around them. "Legends of the Canyon": A look ...

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I Can Save the World Better Than You, Nyah Nyah!: A Short History of the Peak ... - ScienceBlogs (blog)

I Can Save the World Better Than You, Nyah Nyah!: A Short History of the Peak ...
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There's Dmitry Orlov, the funniest of us, the Russian boatman who sees in the US the Soviet Collapse. There's Nate Hagens, who sees this through an ...

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