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Space is a challenging environment for humans and might be a lot more difficult for dogs who wouldn't necessarily understand weightlessness. I believe that service animals would go to space ... you in a weightless environment. A traveler using a guide dog needs to be able to direct the dog. Typically the dog takes you around things where as the long white cane is ...

... on November 4, 1957. Laika which means 'Barker' in Russian, was selected as a space dog when she was a stray mongrel wandering through Moscow at the age of three. Laika ... how living beings react to spaceflight. Prior to Laika, Dezik and Tsygan were the first dogs to make a suborbital flight in 1951, reaching a maximum height 62 miles above ground ... up to space by both the Soviet Union and the USA. Some famous Russian space dogs of the early days were: (English translations of the Russian names are shown in parentheses ...

... understanding the necessary precautions. With newer technologies, it should undoubtedly be possible to design better dog spacesuits. However, contrary to mid-1900s spaceflight, human spaceflight is now preferred and more successful, and so dog spacesuits are not readily available. For more modern scientific experiments on the Space Shuttle, smaller ...

On Earth all animals, including humans, are protected by the environment from harsh conditions of temperatures, solar wind events, and radiation that exist in outer space. In addition, extreme g-forces can be exerted during the lift off and ascent to space. Therefore it becomes important to protect and shield all forms of life traveling to space, including pets. Early spaceflight experiments that ...

... . ''(Pravda, 4/28/66, 4, USS-T Trans.)'' Soviet press reported that Belka and Strelka, dog passengers on U.S.S.R.'s SPUTNIK V in orbit more than 24 hrs ... by "Project Hindsight," a study covering such systems as the Mark 46 torpedoes, Minuteman II, Hound Dog, Polaris , Sergeant, and Lance missiles. "We are not sure whether good ideas attract `good' (that ...

... Meets Ogo - 1961-Jun-5 Test Pilot - 1961-Jun-12 Iconorama - 1961-Sep-18 Dog-Gone Hound Dogs - 1961-Sep-25 Anti-Submarine Warfare - 1961-Oct-2 Freedom - 1961-Oct-9 Zeus Revisited ...

... , ''(Space Bus. Daily, 10/17/63, 100)'' Development testing of the supersonic 500-mile-range Hound Dog at low altitudes was successfully concluded with a launch over the Eglin Test Range , Fla ...

... flying 50% faster than any other operational Army helicopter. ''(DOD Release 78165)'' Air-to-surface Hound Dog missile was successfully fired from USAF B-52 aircraft over Green River, Utah, to White ...

... be instructed "far more broadly in depth." ''(Wash, Sun, Star, 11/14/65, A3)'' USAF Hound Dog missile fired from B-52 bomber crashed near Ft. Wingate, N. Mex, and ignited several ...

... , 1960). In 1961, he became division director of test and quality assurance for NAA's Hound Dog Missile, Apollo, Saturn, and Paraglider projects. For his contributions to aviation he was awarded the ...

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