Korabl-Sputnik 4 ( meaning
Ship-Satellite 4) or
Vostok-3KA No.1, also known as
Sputnik 9 in the West, was a
Soviet spacecraft which was launched in 1961. It was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, carrying the
mannequin Ivan Ivanovich, a
dog named Chernushka, some
mice and a
guinea pig.