Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight and successfully recovered on 22 July 1951. [8]: Part 1 p95 Both dogs were recovered unharmed after travelling to a maximum altitude of 110 km (68 mi).

Dezik (Russian: Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, lit. ' Gypsy ') were the first two Soviet space dogs and, during their suborbital flight on July 22, 1951, the first dogs to fly into space. [1] Dezik became the first two-time space traveler during a suborbital flight in September 1951, but was killed when the parachute failed to deploy.

The first dogs in space were two female Moscow strays – known as Dezik and Tsygan – who had been taken in by researchers from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in the early 1950s.

On July 22, 1951, the first rocket containing living beings shot into space. The passengers rose 68.35 miles into space with barely a bark, parachuted to land in a pressurized capsule, and got a juicy, Soviet bone for being good puppies. They were Dezik and Tsygan, the world’s first dogmonauts. Why dogs?

2020年11月3日 · The first dogs in space were Dezik and Tsygan ("Gypsy"), which made their suborbital flight on July 22, 1951. They traveled to a maximum altitude of 68 miles (110 km) and were the first mammals successfully recovered from spaceflight.

Hey, hoping I'm in the right sub for this, but could someone tell me what Dezik/Дезик means or if it even has a translation? It was the name of a soviet space dog, and it's literally the only name without a translation on every site I've looked through.

2022年1月7日 · Dezik and Tsygan were selected as the first Soviet space dogs, and they traveled 68 miles high on August 15, 1951 (beating the American monkey Yorick by a month), returning unharmed. Continuing from this success, the Soviets sent Dezik up for a second flight, this time pairing her with a dog named Lisa.