Geography 2090A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sputnik 1, Soviet Space Dogs, Propaganda In The Soviet Union

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2090A/B
• Professor: Danny

Document Summary

After sputnik 1: launched by the soviet union, after the success of sputnik 1, the soviets launched sputnik 2 carrying a dog laika in. 1957: laika did not survive the flight, she died from overheating inside the capsule, propaganda win for soviets by sending living specimen into space, lots of animal abuse during the space race. Soviet space dogs: laika (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t the o(cid:374)l(cid:455) dog to e(cid:374)ter spa(cid:272)e, august 1960 belka and strelka, december 1960 pchyolka and mushka, march 1961 chernushka, march 1961 zyyozdochka, febuary 1966 veterok and ugolyok. French space cats: feli(cid:272)ette the (cid:858)astro (cid:272)at(cid:863) e(cid:374)tered spa(cid:272)e a(cid:271)oard a fre(cid:374)(cid:272)h ro(cid:272)ket o(cid:374) o(cid:272)to(cid:271)er (cid:1005)(cid:1012)th, 1963, she did not orbit the earth but did land safely and was recovered. January 31st, 1958 united states launches the first us satellite named explorer 1: stayed in orbit for over 12 years but only functional for about 4 months, radio transmitter died in 4 months.