Vladimir Yazdovsky

Vladimir Yazdovsky (1913–1999) was a Soviet space program medical scientist.

In the early 1950s Yazdovsky assisted Sergei Korolev in tests using small animals in sub-orbital spaceflight.[1]

In 1957 he prepared the dog Laika, the first animal to orbit, the Earth for Sputnik 2.[2] In 1960 Yazdovsky prepared the dogs Belka and Strelka for Korabl-Sputnik 2, the first spaceflight to launch animals into orbit and return them alive to Earth.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Brief History of Animals in Space". NASA. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "50 years ago, a dog paved way for space travel". The Age (Fairfax Media). 6 November 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Isachenkov, Vladimir (20 August 2010). "Soviet Space dogs honored on 50th anniversary of flight". The Christian Science Monitor (Christian Science Publishing Society). Retrieved 31 August 2013.
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