The Soviet Union sent into space the dog Star

25 March 1961 was the flying dog Lucky, which the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before launch gave the name of the Star. Single-turn flight on the spaceship "Vostok ZKA No. 2" was successful. The dog flew and the dummy "Ivan Ivanovich". Along the way, was tested by photo-reconnaissance equipment on objects in Turkey and Africa. Before the flight into space the first man was only 18 days.

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