Videos: Soviet Space Dogs

2002 short animation by Lucy Dyson. Sound Design by Bec Charlesworth and Michael Theiler.

to try to recruit dogs for the soviet space race Cast: Emma Proctor

It is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 2 which contained the first living creature in space. Laika, the space dog. I made this ...

Soviet newsreel item about first canine space travellers - Strelka and Belka.

Fifty years ago, at the start of the Cold War space race, the first living creature ventured beyond the Earth's atmosphere. On November 3 ...

Mayday 2009, Virrat Cast: Teemu Markkula

The Soviet-designed canine high-altitude pressure suit on display at the National Space Centre, Leicester. Photograph: Andy Duckworth for the Observer

"Space Race" is a BBC docu-drama series between September/October 2005, chronicling the major events and characters in the American ...

Russian space dogs Ugolek and Veterok continue being examined after 22 days space trip.

Laika the dog is fitted in a space suit and helmet for the launch of the Soviet Sputnik II.