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Space dogs, and a cat

 

<h2>1957</h2><br /><strong>The Space Race </strong><br />Laika, the dog traveling aboard Russia's Sputnik 2, becomes the first mammal in space, raising the bar in the Space Race, which sparked billions of dollars in aerospace research spending.

Laika, a female Samoyed husky, became the first animal in orbit after being launched by the USSR in Sputnik 2 in November 1957. There was no way to bring her down and she died after ten days in space. Two female huskies, Belka and Strelka, orbited successfully in August 1960. Strelka later gave birth to puppies, one of which was given to US President John F. Kennedy. In October 1963, a French Veronique AGI rocket put a cat called Felix into space and returned him safely to Earth by parachute.

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