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Soviet Space Dogs Crash Landed In Siberia, Saved By 'Christmas Miracle'
The remarkable (and censored) Siberian adventure of stray dog cosmonauts Comet and Shutka
Before Yuri Gagarin conquered space for humans, some 29 flights took place with dogs, the unsung heroes of man's arrival in the cosmos.
https://siberiantimes.com/other/oth...ure-of-stray-dog-cosmonauts-comet-and-shutka/
It was a risky venture: 15 out of 36 space dogs did not survive their flights. Recently The Siberian Times came across accounts of two of these dogs - Comet and Shutka - and their remarkable survival after a launch went seriously wrong.
At the time, the launch was hushed-up by the Soviet authorities.
On 22 December 1960, the space dogs - handpicked as canine survivors from their rough life on the streets - were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on board a Vostok 1K spacecraft.
For Comet it was to be the third trip to space: the dog twice went into orbit the previous year.
DOGS IN SPACE: A CELEBRATION OF HISTORY'S CANINE COSMONAUTS
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dogs-space-celebration-historys-canine-cosmonauts
The remarkable (and censored) Siberian adventure of stray dog cosmonauts Comet and Shutka
Before Yuri Gagarin conquered space for humans, some 29 flights took place with dogs, the unsung heroes of man's arrival in the cosmos.
https://siberiantimes.com/other/oth...ure-of-stray-dog-cosmonauts-comet-and-shutka/
It was a risky venture: 15 out of 36 space dogs did not survive their flights. Recently The Siberian Times came across accounts of two of these dogs - Comet and Shutka - and their remarkable survival after a launch went seriously wrong.
At the time, the launch was hushed-up by the Soviet authorities.
On 22 December 1960, the space dogs - handpicked as canine survivors from their rough life on the streets - were launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on board a Vostok 1K spacecraft.
For Comet it was to be the third trip to space: the dog twice went into orbit the previous year.
DOGS IN SPACE: A CELEBRATION OF HISTORY'S CANINE COSMONAUTS
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/dogs-space-celebration-historys-canine-cosmonauts
