{"id":3984,"date":"2020-09-18T16:57:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2020-10-29T10:33:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T10:33:30","slug":"les-chroniques-de-lespace-illustrees-4-spoutnik-pioneer-lunik-et-les-autres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/2020\/09\/18\/les-chroniques-de-lespace-illustrees-4-spoutnik-pioneer-lunik-et-les-autres\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Chroniques de l&#8217;espace illustr\u00e9es (4) : Spoutnik, Pioneer, Lunik et les autres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3970\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv-316x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv-316x450.jpg 316w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv-768x1093.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Chroniques-couv.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/a>Ceci est la quatri\u00e8me de mes \u00ab Chroniques de l\u2019espace illustr\u00e9es \u00bb. Si vous souhaitez acqu\u00e9rir mon livre dans sa version papier non illustr\u00e9e (\u00e9dition d&#8217;origine 2019 ou en poche 2020), ne vous privez pas !<\/p>\n<h4>Spoutnik, Pioneer, Lunik et les autres<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 toute chose malheur est bon\u00a0\u00bb, dit le proverbe. La course \u00e0 l\u2019espace des ann\u00e9es\u00a01960 en est une illustration. Cons\u00e9quence d\u2019un terrible conflit politique entre les \u00c9tats-Unis et l\u2019Union sovi\u00e9tique, elle aurait probablement \u00e9t\u00e9 remplac\u00e9e par une guerre nucl\u00e9aire si les deux superpuissances n\u2019avaient pas trouv\u00e9 l\u2019ar\u00e8ne spatiale pour croiser symboliquement le fer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Dans cette rivalit\u00e9 technologique, les premi\u00e8res victoires sont russes. Le 4\u00a0octobre 1957, un satellite de 85\u00a0kilos est mis en orbite autour de la Terre par le puissant lanceur mis au point par Korolev. D\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 la g\u00e9ophysique il se nomme <em>Spoutnik\u00a01<\/em>, ce qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0voyageur\u00a01\u00a0\u00bb. C\u2019est le premier engin \u00e0 atteindre la vitesse de satellisation, il va tourner plusieurs mois dans l\u2019espace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4021\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/spoutnik1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4021\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/spoutnik1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"369\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pr\u00e9paration de Spoutnik 1 dans son laboratoire sovi\u00e9tique (image coloris\u00e9e). C&#8217;est une petite sph\u00e8re en aluminium de 58 centim\u00e8tres de diam\u00e8tre pesant 84 kg, dot\u00e9e de quatre antennes. La sph\u00e8re est constitu\u00e9e de deux coques concentriques, la coque externe servant de protection thermique, la seconde formant une enceinte pressuris\u00e9e dans laquelle \u00e9taient plac\u00e9s les diff\u00e9rents \u00e9quipements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 peine un mois plus tard, <em>Spoutnik\u00a02<\/em> cr\u00e9e \u00e0 son tour la sensation. Non seulement sa masse atteint la demi-tonne, mais il a embarqu\u00e9 la chienne La\u00efka. Elle restera vivante quelques heures avant de mourir par arr\u00eat du syst\u00e8me permettant la survie \u00e0 bord. Le sacrifice de l\u2019animal est cach\u00e9 par les autorit\u00e9s russes, mais l\u2019information essentielle passe\u00a0: un \u00eatre humain pourra vivre au moins quelques jours dans l\u2019espace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4022\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4022\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096-450x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096-450x353.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096-1024x802.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/LAIKA_0_1399_1096.jpg 1399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La chienne La\u00efka positionn\u00e9e dans son habitacle Spoutnik 2 avant le lancement, ne se doutant certainement pas ce qu&#8217;elle allait subir&#8230; .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pour les Am\u00e9ricains, qui ne croyaient pas l\u2019URSS aussi avanc\u00e9e, c\u2019est un choc, une blessure d\u2019orgueil, un Pearl Harbor technologique. Ils tentent de riposter aussit\u00f4t, mais le lancement de leur minisatellite <em>Pamplemousse<\/em> est un d\u00e9sastre. C\u2019est finalement le 31\u00a0janvier 1958 que, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 la fus\u00e9e <em>Jupiter<\/em>, de l\u2019ex-ing\u00e9nieur nazi Wernher von Braun \u2013\u00a0entre-temps naturalis\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain\u00a0\u2013, ils r\u00e9ussissent \u00e0 mettre en orbite un petit satellite de 14\u00a0kilos, <em>Explorer\u00a01<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4024\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Echec-Pamplemousse.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Echec-Pamplemousse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&#8217;\u00e9chec am\u00e9ricain du lancement de la fus\u00e9e Pamplemousse est en premi\u00e8re page du journal La Libert\u00e9 du 07\/12\/1957<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4026\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Explorer-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4026\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Explorer-1-450x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Explorer-1-450x298.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Explorer-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Explorer-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devanc\u00e9 par Spoutnik, Explorer 1 a malgr\u00e9 tout lanc\u00e9 les Etats-Unis dans la course \u00e0 l&#8217;espace et r\u00e9ussi une premi\u00e8re collecte de donn\u00e9es scientifiques. Sur la photo, W. H. Pickering, J. Van Allen et W. Von Braun c\u00e9l\u00e8brent le succ\u00e8s du satellite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e8s lors, la comp\u00e9tition bat son plein. En mai\u00a01958, l\u2019\u00e9norme <em>Spoutnik\u00a03<\/em>, sovi\u00e9tique, 1\u00a0400\u00a0kilos, d\u00e9couvre une zone de fortes radiations situ\u00e9e entre 700 et 10\u00a0000\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres d\u2019altitude, invivable pour les humains s\u2019ils doivent y rester sans protection\u00a0: les ceintures de Van Allen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4027\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Van-Allen.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4027\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Van-Allen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sch\u00e9ma des ceintures dites de Van Allen, mises pour la premi\u00e8re fois en \u00e9vidence par Spoutnik 3 et structur\u00e9es par les lignes du champ magn\u00e9tique terrestre. La ceinture int\u00e9rieure contient des atomes lourds issus du rayonnement cosmique et des protons issus du soleil. La ceinture ext\u00e9rieure est constitu\u00e9e d&#8217;\u00e9lectrons solaires.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><!--more-->En octobre, les \u00c9tats-Unis cr\u00e9ent leur agence nationale de l\u2019espace, la Nasa, et ouvrent la voie de l\u2019espace profond en propulsant la sonde <em>Pioneer\u00a01<\/em> vers la Lune, avec pour objectif de la toucher. Las, elle s\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve \u00e0 120\u00a0000\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres, mais, ne disposant pas de la vitesse suffisante, elle retombe. Semi-\u00e9chec. Succ\u00e8s en d\u00e9cembre lorsqu\u2019ils placent en orbite terrestre un satellite de 4\u00a0tonnes qui diffuse un message vocal du pr\u00e9sident Eisenhower enregistr\u00e9 sur bande magn\u00e9tique. C\u2019est la premi\u00e8re fois qu\u2019une voix humaine vient de l\u2019espace, prouvant qu\u2019un satellite artificiel peut servir de relais radio pour les communications terrestres.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4028\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4028\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2-450x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2-450x153.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2-1024x348.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2-768x261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Pioneer1-2.jpg 1239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">La sonde lunaire Pioneer 1 (\u00e0 gauche, sur son aire de lancement en octobre 1958), n&#8217;atteindra pas la Lune comme pr\u00e9vu en raison d&#8217;une vanne mal r\u00e9gl\u00e9e dans l&#8217;\u00e9tage du lanceur, ce qui ne lui permettra pas d&#8217;\u00e9chapper \u00e0 la gravit\u00e9 de la Terre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Le 2\u00a0janvier 1959, la Russie r\u00e9plique avec la sonde <em>Lunik\u00a01<\/em>\u00a0: le verrou de vitesse permettant de se lib\u00e9rer de l\u2019attraction terrestre, 11,2\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres par seconde, saute pour la premi\u00e8re fois. <em>Lunik<\/em> rate sa cible d\u2019\u00e0 peine 6\u00a0000\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres mais se met en orbite autour du Soleil, entre la Terre et Mars\u00a0! C\u2019est une petite plan\u00e8te artificielle. Le message politique est clair\u00a0: si nous, Sovi\u00e9tiques, ratons la Lune d\u2019\u00e0 peine 6\u00a0000\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres, imaginez un peu la pr\u00e9cision de nos missiles balistiques terrestres\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4029\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4029\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik-1-416x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik-1-416x450.jpg 416w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik-1.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petite masse sph\u00e9rique de 361 kg mesurant 120 cm de diam\u00e8tre, Lunik 1 est le premier objet envoy\u00e9 avec succ\u00e8s en direction de la Lune. L&#8217;engin a survol\u00e9 les montagnes lunaires \u00e0 5.995 km d&#8217;altitude puis s&#8217;est inscrit sur une orbite solaire entre la Terre et Mars, d\u00e9crite en 450 jours et qui am\u00e8ne la petite sonde \u00e0 croiser la Terre tous les quatre ans environ.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 leur tour les Am\u00e9ricains franchissent le verrou de vitesse avec <em>Pioneer\u00a04<\/em>, qui rate cependant la Lune de 60\u00a0000\u00a0kilom\u00e8tres. Le premier tir au but lunaire r\u00e9ussi est celui de la sonde sovi\u00e9tique <em>Lunik\u00a02<\/em> en septembre\u00a01959. Elle y d\u00e9pose brutalement des pi\u00e8ces m\u00e9talliques \u00e0 l\u2019effigie de l\u2019URSS. D\u00e9sormais l\u2019astre de la nuit n\u2019est plus vierge, d\u2019autant que trois semaines plus tard <em>Lunik\u00a03<\/em> prend les premi\u00e8res photos de sa face cach\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4030\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4030\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo-450x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo-450x306.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik2-Apollo.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunik 2, lanc\u00e9e le 12 septembre 1959, atteint pour la premi\u00e8re fois le sol lunaire deux jours plus tard. Elle s&#8217;\u00e9crase \u00e0 une centaine de kilom\u00e8tres du futur site d&#8217;atterrissage d&#8217;Apollo 15 (\u00e0 droite sur la carte).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4031\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune-450x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune-450x225.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Lunik3-Face-cache\u0301e-Lune.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le 4 octobre 1959, exactement un an apr\u00e8s l&#8217;envol du premier satellite artificiel, Lunik 3 d\u00e9colle, pour la premi\u00e8re fois contourne la Lune et transmet les premi\u00e8res photographies de sa face cach\u00e9e.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Enfin, le 19\u00a0ao\u00fbt 1960, les Russes font sauter un troisi\u00e8me verrou majeur de la conqu\u00eate spatiale, consistant \u00e0 envoyer un engin dans l\u2019espace et \u00e0 le r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer sur Terre. C\u2019est <em>Spoutnik\u00a05<\/em>, une masse de pr\u00e8s de 2\u00a0tonnes. Mais l\u00e0 o\u00f9 la surprise est de taille, c\u2019est que la capsule a embarqu\u00e9 deux chiennes, r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9es vivantes. On est d\u00e9sormais certains que les humains pourront voyager dans l\u2019espace et revenir sur Terre sains et saufs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4032\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4032\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Spoutnik5-Belka-Strelka.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3984]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4032\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.futura-sciences.com\/luminet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Spoutnik5-Belka-Strelka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Les deux chiennes Belka et Strelka dans leur habitacle Spoutnik 5, revenues saines et sauves de leur voyage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sur une base a\u00e9rienne russe, un pilote de chasse tr\u00e9pigne d\u2019impatience. Il s\u2019appelle Iouri Gagarine.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ceci est la quatri\u00e8me de mes \u00ab Chroniques de l\u2019espace illustr\u00e9es \u00bb. Si vous souhaitez acqu\u00e9rir mon livre dans sa version papier non illustr\u00e9e (\u00e9dition d&#8217;origine 2019 ou en poche 2020), ne vous privez pas ! Spoutnik, Pioneer, Lunik et les autres \u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 toute chose malheur est bon\u00a0\u00bb, dit le proverbe. 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