Space dogs Belka and Strelka which safely returned to Earth from the space ship / photo by S. Preobrazhensky and N. Sitnikov. – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Space dogs Belka and Strelka which safely returned to Earth from the space ship / photo by S. Preobrazhensky and N. Sitnikov.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Space dogs Belka and Strelka which safely returned to Earth from the space ship / photo by S. Preobrazhensky and N. Sitnikov.
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Belka and Strelka, the two dogs named in the title, flew aboard the Soviet Sputnik 5 capsule in August 1960 and were recovered alive after about a day in orbit. Their safe return mattered because it showed that a living animal could survive launch, weightlessness and reentry, a question that had to be answered before people could fly. The photograph is credited to S. Preobrazhensky and N. Sitnikov and was printed in the Soviet Union, where the mission was presented as a national achievement.
| Created / published | 1960 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1960. |
| Notes | Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
| Subjects | Dogs--Russia (Federation)--1960. Space flight--Russia (Federation)--1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,373 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213703 |
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