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R-2Amissile |
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Title
Soviet R-2A Missile
Full Description
This is one of the R-2A missiles, thirteen of which were launched
between 1957 and 1960. Many of them carried biological
containers with dogs to altitudes as high as 200 kilometers. A
similar container was used to carry Layka, the first living being
to reach orbit, into orbit on Sputnik 2. For a brief period,
Sergey Korolev, the father of the Soviet space program, also
planned to use the R-2A to launch humans on vertical hops into
space.
Keywords
R-2A Missile Layka Sputnik 2 Sergey Korolev
Subject Category
Rocket Launches, Soviet Launch Vehicles
Reference Numbers
- Center:
HQ
- Center Number:
R-2Amissile
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000181
Source Information
- Original Source: DIGITAL
- Source/Capture Information: Asif Siddiqi
| Resolution | Format | Width
(Pixels) | Height
(Pixels) | Size
(KBytes) |
Thumbnail |
JPEG |
21 |
81 |
3 |
Small |
JPEG |
147 |
576 |
58 |
Medium |
JPEG |
345 |
1350 |
320 |
Large |
JPEG |
690 |
2700 |
1,496 |
Publication Information
Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from
Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-
1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi.
Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not
an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
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