[Texas Armadillo]

And what makes it special?

First to answer correctly gets a rubber cookie.

 

[Zhurdan]

Russian space suit from Soyuz (spelling) days?

Zhur

 

[RiverRat]

Looks like the pressure suit for Laika the Russian spacedog that was the first earthling to ever go into orbit. It's either that or a condom for C3PO. :?

 

[Texas Armadillo]

Ding- ding-ding!!! We have a winner, here's yer rubber cookie. Thanx for playing.

http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/2008/04/russia-remember.html

 

[iCeMaN]

lol good call!

 

[blkbd]

A former stray found on the streets of Moscow, Laika perished when the thermal control systems failed and the capsule overheated, killing the dog in orbit.


The way I all ways heard it was that there was no so called thermal systems to fail because there were none in the first place! The Russkies in ther race to win and save money left off any heat shielding, So the ride was one way only from the start.