75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.

Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.

neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 1 month ago

If anyone else were wondering: Yes, these were before Laika. Contrary to my/popular belief, Laika wasn’t the first dog in space, she was the first to enter orbit.

Source: Wikipedia, as I thought Laika was first.

75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.

75 years ago today, Soviet space dogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first dogs to fly into space. They experienced weightlessness for four minutes before falling back to Earth with a parachute.

Dezik and Tsygan - Wikipedia