Soviet Space Program
Cultural Impact: Posters, Film, and Architecture2:3 portrait Soviet propaganda poster. Two dogs in clear acrylic space helmets, side-by-side bust portraits. One dog has white-and-tan markings, the other is slightly darker. Behind them, Earth's curving horizon and a Korabl-Sputnik capsule descending under a red-and-white striped parachute against a starry sky. Warm cream background with red accents and gold sun rays. Top band reads ПЕРВОПРОХОДЦЫ (Pioneers); bottom band reads СЛАВА НАШИМ ДРУЗЬЯМ! (Glory to Our Friends).
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Pioneers

Early 1960s - Belka and Strelka era

Soviet space propaganda poster in the visual idiom of the early 1960s, a tribute to the canine pioneers of the Soviet space program - particularly Belka and Strelka, the first dogs to return alive from orbit in August 1960. Two stylized dogs in clear acrylic space helmets with a Korabl-Sputnik capsule descending under a striped parachute. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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