Photograph of Soviet space dog Strelka nursing her puppies after returning from her historic space mission in 1960. Strelka was a Soviet space dog who became o

Photograph of Soviet space dog Strelka nursing her puppies after returning from her historic space mission in 1960. Strelka was a Soviet space dog who became one of the first living creatures to survive an orbital mission. On August 19, 1960, she and fellow dog Belka traveled aboard Korabl-Sputnik …