Caroline Kennedy with her family, including two of Pushinka’s puppies.

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Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent one of space dog Strelka’s puppies, Pushinka, to first daughter Caroline Kennedy in 1961 as a present. Soviet doctors proclaimed the birth of this first litter of “space pups” as proof that spaceflight was possible for human beings.

This picture shows Caroline Kennedy with her family, including two of Pushinka’s puppies.

Cecil Stoughton

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