Russia Soviet Zvezdochka the Dog in Space stamp 1961 B-1

Description: Very nice stamp. Zvyozdochka ("Starlet"), who was named by Yuri Gagarin, made one orbit on board Korabl-Sputnik 5 on March 25, 1961 with a wooden cosmonaut dummy in the final practice flight before Gagarin's historic flight on April 12. Again, the dummy was ejected out of the capsule while Zvezdochka remained inside. Both were recovered successfully. During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used a number of dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The actual number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures, according to the parameters of the test.

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Certification: Genuine

Quality: Used

Grade: VF (Very Fine)

Topic: Space

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