July Gallery

14 Jul 1997

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Laika the space dog

First animal in space. Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, inside a mock-up of the cabin of the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957. Laika (meaning "Barker" or "Husky") was contained within a sealed cabin with a food store and an air conditioner. Soviet propaganda at the time maintained that she survived for around a week, but in fact she died after just a few hours due to overheating and panic. The spacecraft was not designed to be recovered and it burnt up as it re- entered the atmosphere on 14 April 1958, 162 days after its launch. Still image from the documentary film First Soviet Satellites of the Earth

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1997 British GP

SILVERSTONE, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 05: Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Williams FW19 Renault, and Tarso Marques, Minardi M197 Hart, take the chequered flag at the end of a practice session during the British GP at Silverstone on June 05, 2007 in Silverstone, United Kingdom. (Photo by Rainer Schlegelmilch)

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