Photo info:Damka (Дамка"Little Lady" sometimes called Shutka (Шутка, "Joke") Krasavka (Красавка, "Little Beauty") not shown. Pictures outside a Korabl Sputnik (1K-4) (?) capsule, 22nd Dec 1960 launched by R7 / SL3 rocket.
No photographer Credited.
Here’s my first space photo and it’s dripping with history, it’s of the Russian sp
ace dog Damka happily sat outside her capsule tongue lolling in the bright sun of Russian winter. I’m not sure but it’s likely faked; not as fake as I first thought as I was under the impression that like poor old Laika (the first dog in space) that Russian dogs all died in space. This wasn’t always the case and many survived their ordeals.Damka apparently was very lucky her rocket misfired and never went into full orbit, her luck continued as the capsule came down safely. The rescue crew were wary of the auto-destruct mechanism and it being snowy and dark left the apparently dead dog for the morning for fear of the whole thing blowing up as they tinkered . Fortunately in the morning Damka was heard barking in side and was rescue intact!
As for the pic
ture it’s clearly doctored I’m not sure whether the black lines are state censors work or the work of photo sub making it better defined for reproduction. I can’t believe even in 1950’s anyone bought the picture wholesale 
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