This image was originally found in on page 86 of the book
Man and Space
(Life Science Library, 1964)

Caption:
TABLETOP TESTS FOR SPACE
A Soviet space scientist conducts laboratory experiments with a dog and a rabbit. Before sending animals aloft, the Russians put them through several months of rigorous training designed to prepare them for flight conditions, including periods of silence and weightlessness.


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