Soviet space dogs after their rocket exploded 28.5 seconds into the launch on 28 July 1960. Bars was also known as Chayka (Чайка, "Seagull"). Other dogs that flew on sub-orbital flights include Dymka (Дымка, "Smoky"), Modnitsa (Модница, "Fashionable") and Kozyavka (Козявка, "Little Gnat"). At least four other dogs flew in September 1951, and two or more were lost. Laika (Лайка, "Barker") became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3rd, 1957. Some call her the first living passenger to go into space, but many sub-orbital flights with animal passengers passed the edge of space first.
Space Dogs Space Dogs Space Dogs (a.k.a. Belka & Strelka — Star Dogs, original: "Белка и Стрелка. Звёздные собаки", "Belka i Strelka. Zvyozdnye sobaki") is a 2010 Russian computer-animated film. The film is based on the Soviet space dogs and honors the first animals who survived an orbital space trip. In Poland, It became the leader of the box-office on its first weekend, even beating out "". In the United States, it grossed poorly, making $14,408 due to its limited release. A man in black is carrying a small cage from the Soviet Union to the U.S. President Kennedy. In the cage