Word: spacesuits
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Alive & Well. In their hermetically sealed cabins, equipped with air-purifying chemicals similar to those used in U.S. atomic submarines, spacesuit-clad Strelka and Belka lolled in a constant 77° temperature. Old space dogs (each of them had taken short rocket rides before), they stared at each other through a pane of glass and ate eagerly from an automatic feeding apparatus while instruments fastened to their bodies relayed their blood pressure, temperature, pulse and breathing rate back to earth. Strelka seemed to bear up better than Belka under the rigors of weightless space travel: her breathing rate remained...