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PHOTO CAPTIONS |
| 1. Laika wearing her travel harness, her travel compartment behind her. |
| 2. Aerial view of Baikonur Cosmodrome, the Soviet's secret launch site, photographed by American U2 spy plane. |
| 3. Dogs being trained at the Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine. The white dog is Laika's backup Albina. |
| 4. Chief designer Sergei Korolev with an unidentified dog. |
| 5. Sputnik 2 atop R7 rocket on the launch pad. |
| 6. Laika's trainer Oleg Gazenko holds Belka and Strelka, sent into Earth orbit and successfully recovered in 1960. |
