Corona (satellite) retrieved two days later by a C-119 Flying Boxcar transport plane. This was the first successful return of photographic film from orbit. In comparison, Sputnik 5 was launched into orbit on August 19, 1960, one day after the launch of Discoverer 14. Sputnik 5 was a biosatellite that took into orbit the two Soviet space dogs, Belka and Strelka, and then safely returned them to the Earth . At least two launches of "Discoverers" were used to test satellites for the Missile Defense Alarm System (MIDAS), an early missile-launch-detection program that used infrared cameras to detect the heat signature of
The Dogs of War (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) The Dogs of War (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) "The Dogs of War" is the 174th episode of the American science fiction television series "", the 24th of the . It is the eighth of the ten-episode story arc concluding the series, based on a story by Peter Allan Fields. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on "Deep Space Nine", a space station located near a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy. In this episode, Damar (Casey Biggs), Kira (Nana Visitor) and Garak (Andrew J. Robinson) form a new