If you want to treat your pooch to something special this winter but haven't found what you're looking for, then you might want to take a look atauctionata.com, where a Soviet space suit for dogs is set to go under the hammer.
The lace-up bodysuit is reported to have been used when training space dogs during the Sputnik 5 mission in 1960, and features breathing apparatus and a helmet. Made by Russian spacecraft manufacturer RSC Energia, it is expected to fetch €8,000 when auctioned in Berlin later this month.
Adjustable thanks to a series of strings on the body and legs, the retro brown suit is made from a mixture of cotton, nylon, aluminum and rubber.
It accommodates an oxygen tube which runs down its side and measures 28 x 60 x 21 cm.
The suit is one of the first canine space suits made and one of only a few to have survived. The suits were first developed in the 50s when animals such as dogs, rats and even chimpanzees were sent into orbit as test subjects for humans.
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