Soviet space dogs after their rocket exploded 28.5 seconds into the launch on 28 July 1960. Bars was also known as Chayka (Чайка, "Seagull"). Other dogs that flew on sub-orbital flights include Dymka (Дымка, "Smoky"), Modnitsa (Модница, "Fashionable") and Kozyavka (Козявка, "Little Gnat"). At least four other dogs flew in September 1951, and two or more were lost. Laika (Лайка, "Barker") became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3rd, 1957. Some call her the first living passenger to go into space, but many sub-orbital flights with animal passengers passed the edge of space first.
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