Animals in space rabbit to go into space. A 19 September 1959 launch, Jupiter AM-23, carried 2 frogs along with 12 mice but the rocket was destroyed during launch. On 19 August 1960 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 5 (also known as Korabl-Sputnik 2) which carried the dogs Belka and Strelka, along with a gray rabbit, 40 mice, 2 rats, and 15 flasks of fruit flies and plants. It was the first spacecraft to carry animals into orbit and return them alive. One of Strelka's pups, Pushinka, bred and born after her mission, was given as a present to Caroline Kennedy by Nikita
The Man from the USSR and Other Plays on September 28, 1996, at the Berlin Schaubühne, and was followed by 20 performances in October. It was performed in German, translated by German playwright Botho Strauß. 'The Man from the USSR' was first produced in Berlin in 1926, and the first act was published in "Rul"' on January 1 the following year. 'The Event' was written in Paris in 1938, and was published in "Russkie kapiskie" ("Russian Annuls"). The plot follows a painter in tsarist Russia and his wife as they await a convict who has threatened them with violence. 'The Granddad' is a one-act verse play, which was