Dogs in space / written by Vix Southgate ; illustrated by Iris Deppe.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781610678247
- 1610678249
- Dogs in space : the amazing true story of Belka and Strelka
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.4509 S727 | Available | 33111008923894 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.4509 S727 | Checked out | 06/25/2024 | 33111009272952 | |||
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Northport Library | Children's NonFiction | 629.4509 S727 | Available | 33111007823004 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Meet Belka and Strelka, two stray dogs from Moscow who, in 1960, became the first animals to orbit Earth and return home safely. Including additional information about the space race and other animals in orbit, this is an ideal STEM title for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Wren & Rook, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group, part of Hodder & Stoughton.
5+ years old.
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 in the process. 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.