Sputnik 5

Sputnik 5 was a USSR artificial Earth satellite from the Sputnik space program, launched on August 19 1960. It was in fact the second test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, and therefore it is sometimes called Korabl-Sputnik 2 ("korabl" is Russian for "ship"). It was the first one to return animals from orbit.

Related Topics:
USSR - Satellite - Sputnik space program - August 19 - 1960 - Vostok spacecraft

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