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Died. Norair Sisakyan, 59, biochemist and head of medical studies in the Soviet space program, who evaluated the pioneering tests performed on Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka during 1960's Sputnik V flight, urged that the biological aspects of manned space flights "be attacked with vigor," and since then had a major hand in every flight involving living creatures, from Yuri Gagarin in 1961 to last month's launching of two dogs in still-orbiting Cosmos 110; of undisclosed causes; reportedly in Tyuratam, U.S.S.R...
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