Soviet Space Dogs Press Articles

Junior Scholastic - Reading a chronology: space-race rival

November 23, 2009 -- For many years, the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) strove to outdo one another in space. This competition is often described as...

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Iran Times International (Washington, DC) - Iran to loft animal into space in 2 yrs

October 16, 2009 --

Iran's Space Agency says it plans to send an animal into space within two years. It had previously announced the goal of putting a man into...

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Daily Mail (London, England), The - Saturday; Seven Days

July 11, 2009 --

Byline: Nigel Andrew's guide to the week's TV

Terror!..., 8pm, BBC2 Herault (Ed Stoppard) and Couthon (Brian Pettifer)

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Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) - Ground control to flying dog

July 6, 2009 --

Space Dogs BBC4, 8pm

DOGS might not be able to work Sky Plus or operate the barbecue, but in one respect they beat us paws down....

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Long Island Business News - Commentary: My pal Laika, not yet lost in space

February 17, 2009 -- The family dog is a West Highland Terrier named Laika, after the Soviet stray that was the first mammal to orbit the Earth. The original dog's...

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Iran Times International (Washington, DC) - Iran will hurl animal into space

December 1, 2008 -- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Iran says it will begin sending live animals into space as part of its Kavoshgar rocket program. Mohammad Ebrahimi,...

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Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) - A Laika-ness

April 13, 2008 --

RUSSIAN officials unveiled a monument to Laika, the dog whose flight to space more than 50 years ago paved the way for human space...

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Winnipeg Free Press - Russian monument pays tribute to first dog launched into orbit

April 12, 2008 --

By Vladimir Isachenkov

MOSCOW -- Russian officials on Friday unveiled a monument to Laika, a dog whose flight to space more than 50...

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Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) - it's a fact; SPACE EXPLORATION

January 27, 2008 --

A Samoyed husky named Laika became the first animal in space when Sputnik II was launched on November 3, 1957, with the dog onboard.

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Whittier Daily News - JPL will celebrate 50 years of exploration

January 27, 2008 --

LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - By the end of 1957, the Soviet Union dominated the space race.

In October of that year, the Soviets had...

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