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
Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev granted to him by Ivan III. It is also possible that the land ownership has been obtained by him or his father Fyodor Dutka from Prince Michael Vereisky at the time was a member of Maloyaroslavets Vereisk inheritance. Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev Ivan Fedorovich Belka Otyaev (; second quarter of the 15th century - unknown) was the ambassador of tsar Ivan III in the Principality of Ryazan, the founder of the noble family of Belkin, the most likely founder of the village Belkin Repinskaya parish. Ivan Belka was the eldest son of Fyodor Dutka Otyaev. Served Ivan III. He was