In 1960, the odds were against a Russian cosmo-dog coming back from space alive. But Comet and Shutka got lucky, and now the story of their hush-hush test flight is out. The former street dogs' Vostok 1K spacecraft malfunctioned at 125 miles up, plummeting the pair into the wilds of Siberia, over 2,000 miles from the launch site. After four days spent in the rocket at temperatures far below zero, the dogs — thought to be goners — were found. They were half-frozen and in shock, but alive. Shutka’s subsequent life is a mystery, but space dog Comet was adopted by a specialist in aviation medicine and lived 14 more years, bearing a litter of earth pups. [Source]Trending topic: comet and shutka | Click to see more on msnNOW.com
