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Belka
Definition:
One of the dogs in History's first successful attempt to launch an animal and have it re-enter the atmosphere alive.

Examples:
Strelka and Belka were launched into orbit on August 19, 1960, along with their co-habitants of forty mice, two rats and a variety of live plants.

Dogs in Space


 Related Terms
 Bars
 Chernushka
 Damka
 Kresavka
 Laika
 Lisichka
 Mushka
 Pelchka
 Strelka
 Ugolek
 Vetorek
 Zvezdochka
 
 

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