Soviet Photo Album, page 2

(click to enlarge)	Soviet shuttle Buran shown piggy-backed to an AN-225 transport.
Buran shown landing, with fighter escort.	(click to enlarge)
(click to enlarge)	Buran shown on the launch pad.
Russian Spaceflights Control Center.	(click to enlarge)
	Soviet moon suit, called Krechet (Tamed Falcon).
Liftoff of Vostok 1.
(click to enlarge)	Scene of the Soyuz 1 crash.
Laika ("barker"), the first animal into space aboard Sputnik 2 (3 November 1957). She died in space several hours after the launch. She was also referred to as "Muttnik" in the press.
	Another photo of Laika.

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