Soviet Space Dogs

This is a fascinating and well-written book about the brave dogs (Muttnicks!) who helped further the development of the space program. It is beautifully produced in hard cover format and is loaded with excellent, captioned photos of the dogs and the memorabilia that elevated them to "pop star" status in the Soviet Union. I've already sent several copies to friends who love dogs, and those who are interested in the history of space exploration. I love this book!

The book is very nice; good condition. Even has an area with the pictures of the dogs, with the result of their flight.

I remember Laika and Sputnik 2. This is a story of how to mistreat man's best friend--if the phrase I wouldn't do that to a dog did not exist we could invent it from the treatment of these space dogs. Well it is important that the story be told and not forgotten, and the sacrifices be honored and not repeated--no science was gained in these killings--if an SPCA existed they could bring cruelty charges.

I've always been fascinated by the stories of Laika and Belka & Strelka, so I really looked forward to this book coming out. The book quality itself is very nice, although the size format is a little odd. All the pop art and everyday images of the Soviet space program and the celebrated dogs are great, and worth the book by themselves. The writing and content is....ok. I wished for a more clear chronology to the writing, I got a little confused as it diverges and goes into tangential commentary. It's fine though. Some of the tie-ins to classic literary works lost me a bit. More first person accounts and factual information would have improved it for me, but it's a personal preference really. It's possible this is not that easy since everything was kept secret until 2002. For me, the most powerful parts of the book are the photographs of the dogs, and the chronological account of each of the flights at the end. Reading through the snapshot of data and thumbnail pics of the dogs on each flight, and how the dogs fared, was difficult to get through. It's hard to describe.

After going to the Museum of Jurassic Technology in LA (awesome museum) and seeing their ode to the space dogs, I knew I had to get this for my Russophile girlfriend. She loves it. Lots of pictures and interesting facts about the Soviet Era.

A good read for anyone who is really interested in learning about the dogs and the soviet space program. It's quite thorough, and is just full of information and history. This book also has a pictures - photos of the dogs, soviet artwork, and memorabilia. Neat stuff!

During the space race between USA and USSR both desired to send living creatures into space, but we were afraid to send humans. LAIKA was the most famous space dog and the first earthling to orbit earth. Linda Hoag

if you're a fan of quality printing and the aesthetic design of books, you'll love this wonderful little product. honestly, I haven't read the book cover to cover but the written content almost doesn't matter...the book is just so darn cool looking that I don't care. It's flush with color prints - there's an interesting image on nearly every page. it's a treasure of a book. permanent coffee table resident.

A great story about animal heroes!!

Publicação soberba com uma capa fantástica. O texto fala sobre as cachorras do programa espacial soviético e mostra imagens de como elas se tornaram um mito dos tempos modernos sendo vistas em todo tipo de propaganda (políticas, comerciais, estatais etc.), que valem o livro mesmo se nada estivesse estreito. Para quem quer começar a conhecer esse momento da história é um livro magistral.

Muy duro pero interesante. Fotos inéditas y muchas sorpresas históricas que desconocía de estos programas con animales.

Ich bebrauche das Buch für ein Artikel im Vereinsblatt.

Offert à un amateur des chiens de l'espace! Il adoré !