Anatoli Blagonravov
Encyclopedia
Anatoli A. Blagonravov was a Russian space scientist. He represented the USSR on the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
(COPUOS). He worked closely with Hugh Dryden, his American counterpart, to promote
international cooperation on space projects at the height of the Cold War
. Anatoli adopted a dog named Tsygan, one of the first dogs to make a successful sub-orbital flight in 1951.
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was established in 1958 as an ad hoc committee...
(COPUOS). He worked closely with Hugh Dryden, his American counterpart, to promote
international cooperation on space projects at the height of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. Anatoli adopted a dog named Tsygan, one of the first dogs to make a successful sub-orbital flight in 1951.
External links
- Blagonravov, Anatoli Encyclopedia of Science entry, retrieved Sept 15 2007
- Anatoli Blagonravov at Find-A-Grave