Space Dogs

Author : Olesya Turkina
Publisher : Fuel Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780956896285
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soviet Space Dogs written by Olesya Turkina and published by Fuel Pub. This book was released on 2014 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the true stories of Laika, Belka, Strelka, and the other space dogs who were sent on experimental space flight explorations by the Soviet Union between 1951 and 1956.

Author : Martin Parr
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781786274113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Dogs written by Martin Parr and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book tells the story of the soviet space dogs, illustrated with legendary photographer Martin Parr's vintage space-dog memorabilia. In the 1950s the space race between the USA and the USSR was well and truly on, and was for both a matter of pride and propaganda. But before man ventured into the cosmos, his four-legged friends would pave the way for space exploration. The first canine cosmonaut was Laika, meaning 'barker'. The little stray could never have anticipated that she would one day float 200 miles above the Moscow streets. She would be canonized as a proletarian hero, appearing on stamps, postcards and souvenirs. Her successors were Belka and Strelka, the first dogs to successfully return safely to Earth, and with them, the cult of the space dog was born. In a regime that eschewed celebrating individual achievement, the space dogs became Soviet superstars, with a vast array of merchandise, books and films in their honor. A must for read for fans of Soviet Space Dogs by Olesya Turkina and Designed in the USSR: 1950-1989 by Moscow Design Museum..

Author : Joan Holub
Publisher : Troll Communications
ISBN 13 : 9780816748112
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Dogs on Planet K-9 written by Joan Holub and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clark goes to a planet where dogs are in charge of people.

Author : Justin Ball
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0307491161
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Dogs written by Justin Ball and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all begins with Laika, the first dog in space. Launched into orbit by the Soviet Union, Laika’s craft is accidentally sucked through a wormhole and onto the Planet Gersbach, inhabited by highly intelligent but very tiny people. When a mysterious disturbance of gravity (D.O.G.) threatens to destroy Gersbach, Commanders Belka and Strelka are just the men to seek and destroy the source of D.O.G. Their vehicle: A highly sophisticated craft that looks exactly like a terrier. Blending in with the locals on earth should be no problem. And with the help of the Buckleys, a lovable Earth family with problems of their own, the mission to save their planet may still prevail.

Author : Victoria Southgate
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1526360942
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dogs in Space: The Amazing True Story of Belka and Strelka written by Victoria Southgate and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Belka and Strelka, the two dogs who changed the face of space history and became international celebrities in the process! In 1960, two stray dogs were plucked from the streets of Moscow to become space pioneers. This quirky and delightful picture book tells the incredible true story of these heroic strays. Selected from a number of potential canine cosmonauts, Belka and Strelka are put through their paces on the ground, as they practice rocket simulations and wearing spacesuits, before being launched into outer space as the first ever living creatures to successfully orbit the Earth. Miraculously, the dogs survive the mission and upon their return embark on a tour of the USSR, clad in their carefully tailored jumpsuits - one red, one green - becoming international celebrities. As for their legacy, less than a year after their safe return the Soviet space programme felt confident enough to send the first human into space.

Author : Chris Dubbs
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595267351
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Dogs written by Chris Dubbs and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back when scientists knew nothing about space travel, back when rockets were new, a group of Russian cosmonauts rode rockets to the edge of space and into earth orbit. These pioneer space travelers were dogs, space dogs of the Soviet space program.For 15 years, space dogs occupied the world stage, blazing trails as the first astronauts.Their flights taught scientists how living beings reacted to rocket travel and tested the equipment that would be used for human space flight. The age of the space dog extended from the first launch in 1951 until the final, record-breaking dog flight in 1966. Some dogs won world-wide fame. Most of them, however, worked-and died-in obscurity. They were all pioneers of space travel. And no one has ever told their story. Until now.Space Dogs dramatizes the training of the dogs, the harrowing early flights, the tragic accidents, the fame that came to the program after the launch of Laika in Sputnik 2, and the final flights leading up to the first manned flight.Space Dogs includes never-before-published photos from the archives of Novosti, the Russian News Agency.

Author : Nancy Coffelt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152010041
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dogs in Space written by Nancy Coffelt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996-03 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dogs in space visit each of the planets in the solar system, finding no one at home anywhere, and return to Earth.

Author : Mini Grey
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553510606
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space Dog written by Mini Grey and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Space Dog, Astrocat, and Mousetronaut in this hilarious adventure about teamwork and unexpected friendship from the award-winning creator of Traction Man. Space Dog is zooming through Cake Space on the SS Kennel when he receives the first of many distress calls from the vast Spooniverse. Can he rescue the Cereal People, plug up the Ketchup Volcanoes, and defeat the Cheese Ants? All on his own? He might need some help. But Space Dogs, Astrocats, and Mousetronauts have always been sworn enemies! Can they put aside their differences to save the Spooniverse? This hilarious offering from the award-winning Mini Grey is a non-stop adventure, a celebration of imaginative play, and a triumphant story in which sworn enemies become . . . sworn friends!

Author : Roddy Doyle
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008103321
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Star Dogs: Beyond the Stars written by Roddy Doyle and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An imaginative short story inspired by real events, taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, and written and illustrated by two award-winning talents

Author : Kurt Caswell
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595348638
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laika's Window written by Kurt Caswell and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable data that would make future manned space flight possible. People believed that Laika died a painless death as her oxygen ran out. Only in recent decades has the real story become public: Laika died after only a few hours in orbit when her capsule overheated. Laika’s Window positions Laika as a long overdue hero for leading the way to human space exploration. Kurt Caswell examines Laika’s life and death and the speculation surrounding both. Profiling the scientists behind Sputnik II, he studies the political climate driven by the Cold War and the Space Race that expedited the satellite’s development. Through this intimate portrait of Laika, we begin to understand what the dog experienced in the days and hours before the launch, what she likely experienced during her last moments, and what her flight means to history and to humanity. While a few of the other space dog flights rival Laika’s in endurance and technological advancements, Caswell argues that Laika’s flight serves as a tipping point in space exploration “beyond which the dream of exploring nearby and distant planets opened into a kind of fever from which humanity has never recovered.” Examining the depth of human empathy—what we are willing to risk and sacrifice in the name of scientific achievement and our exploration of the cosmos, and how politics and marketing can influence it—Laika’s Windowis also about our search to overcome loneliness and the role animals play in our drive to look far beyond the earth for answers.