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
Space Dogs archive footage from the Soviet Space Program and Space Dogs is shown. "Space Dogs" (English Dub) was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & Digital Copy on 8 June 2012. The film received a 5.2/10 on imdb, with 37% Rotten Tomatoes based on 866 votes. Space Dogs: Moon Adventures was released in the United States on 26 August 2016. Mike Disa was the director on the Americanized version. 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