enrique262:Zvyozdochka (Zvezdochka, Звёздочка, or “Starlet”), who was named by Yuri Gaga
enrique262:Zvyozdochka (Zvezdochka, Звёздочка, or “Starlet”), who was named by Yuri Gagarin, became the 7th soviet space dog to make it into orbit, on board Korabl-Sputnik 5 on 25 March 1961, with a wooden cosmonaut dummy in the final practice flight before Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight on 12 April, the flight lasting one orbit. The dummy, like in Chernushka‘s flight, was ejected out of the capsule while Zvezdochka remained inside. Both were recovered successfully. -- source link