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
Strelka (chess engine) Strelka (chess engine) Strelka (rus. Стрелка) is a computer chess engine for Windows, developed by Yuri Osipov. In total five versions of the program have been developed. The current version, 5.5, supports only single core processing. Now, Strelka is one of the strongest programs in the world, according to several blitz rating lists and the strongest in Russia. As of version 5.0, Strelka includes 32-bit and 64-bit uniprocessor versions. In rating CCRL 40/40 from 17.08.2013 chess program Strelka 5.5 64-bit has 3115 Bayeselo. In blitz-rating CCRL 4/40 from 24.08.2013 chess program Strelka 5.1 64-bit has 3137 Bayeselo. In blitz-rating CEGT