In 1961, a Soviet dog named Zvezdochka orbited Earth eighteen days before Yuri Gagarin flew, and photographs of her being cradled by…
On 25 March 1961, a small Moscow street dog named Zvezdochka — "Little Star" — orbited Earth once inside a Vostok prototype and came home safely. Seventeen days later, Yuri Gagarin flew the same capsule design she had just certified.
By The Artful Age Editorial Team · Aug 21, 2026
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The Journal
Some people don't understand what their mother gave them until they're old enough to need it
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Psychology says people who take the parking spot at the far end of the lot when a closer…
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Adults who kept every letter, birthday card, and handwritten note from the 1980s aren't…
