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. ...
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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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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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