Connu également sous son nom scientifique de “Lepus Cornutus”
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![Damka and Krasavka
Damka (Дамка, "queen of checkers") and Krasavka (Красавка, "little beauty" or "Belladonna") were to make an orbital flight on 22 December 1960 as a part of the Vostok programme which also included mice.[11] However their mission was marked by a string of equipment failures.
The upper-stage rocket failed and the craft re-entered the atmosphere after reaching a sub-orbital apogee of 214 km (133 mi). In the event of unscheduled return to the surface, the craft was to eject the dogs and self-destruct, but the ejection seat failed and the primary destruct mechanism shorted out. The animals were thus still in the intact capsule when it returned to the surface. The backup self-destruct mechanism was set to a 60-hour timer, so a team was quickly sent out to locate and recover the capsule.
Although the capsule was reached in deep snow on the first day, there was insufficient remaining daylight to disarm the self-destruct mechanism and open the capsule. The team… too short!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73u7dvvpail7sk5qxjbpf3lk/bafkreigy4invppymmfash43mxfqbbq4ynakhchtoiv4zka6bwtd3easnjm)
![Bobik (Бобик, common Russian name for a small dog) ran away just days before her flight was scheduled to take place on 15 September 1951.[3] A replacement named ZIB (ЗИБ, a Russian acronym for "Substitute for Missing Bobik", "Замена Исчезнувшему Бобику" Zamena Ischeznuvshemu Bobiku), who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight to 100 km and back](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:73u7dvvpail7sk5qxjbpf3lk/bafkreicx4sj3mjm2u27runib56unxtfe7rhchuyn23mmenn65r5a4zn26u)