Vostok programme it into an even higher orbit. The orbit eventually decayed, and it re-entered the atmosphere several years later. The next six launches were all of the "Vostok 1K" design, equipped with life-support facilities, and planned to be recovered after orbit. The first spacecraft launched on July 28, 1960 carried two space dogs named Chayka and Lisichka. An explosion destroyed the spacecraft shortly after launch, killing both dogs, and the mission was not given a name. The next mission, designated Korabl-Sputnik 2, was launched on August 19, 1960, carrying two more dogs, Belka and Strelka, as well as a variety of
Safe at Home lost track "Knee Deep in the Blues" (originally a single by Marty Robbins in 1957) from the "Safe at Home" sessions was re-discovered and issued on that anthology, as well as on the 2004 compact disc re-release of "Safe at Home" (the original mid-1980s CD pressing having been on the tiny Shiloh Records). Reviews of "Safe at Home" have been mixed but generally positive. Upon its 1968 release, renowned music journalist Robert Christgau seemed pleasantly surprised by the notion of "four smiling longhairs" playing skillful country music, referring to the album as "a good record and a brilliant conception." Parsons'