Soviet space dogs We did not learn enough from the mission to justify the death of the dog...". Belka (Белка, literally, "Squirrel" or alternatively "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "Little Arrow") spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth. They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, two rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never
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