Animal Cosmonauts: The Dogs Who Opened the Way Portrait Soviet-style space poster. A young model builder holds a red rocket bearing two space-dog portraits and a hammer-and-sickle emblem. White orbital trails sweep around a pale globe against a cobalt starfield. Cyrillic text at the bottom reads ЧЕЛОВЕКУ ПУТЬ ОТКРЫТ! (The Way Is Open for Man).

Portrait Soviet-style space poster. A young model builder holds a red rocket bearing two space-dog portraits and a hammer-and-sickle emblem. White orbital trails sweep around a pale globe against a cobalt starfield. Cyrillic text at the bottom reads ЧЕЛОВЕКУ ПУТЬ ОТКРЫТ! (The Way Is Open for Man).

Человеку путь открыт!

The Way Is Open for Man!

1960-1961, the path to human spaceflight

Archival-inspired Soviet space poster connecting the USSR's space-dog flights to the first human mission. A young model builder holds a red rocket marked with two canine portraits while white orbital trails circle the globe. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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