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Moscow, USSR: major Gherman Titov (right) chats happily to Mr. Krushchev as they walk across the tarmac at Vnukovo Airport here today, after Russia's second spaceman received a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of thousands of Russians. (9th August...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Major Yuri Gagarin with His Wife and Mr. Nehru
Major Yuri Gagarin, the world's (and Russia's) first space-man, pictured with his wife and Mr. Nehru, the Prime Minister when he arrived in New Delhi at the start of an eight day visit to India. Thousands cheered the cosmonaut as he drove from New...
Central Press Photos Ltd.
Major Yuri Gagarin with Prime Minister Karamanlis of Greece
Major Yuri Gagarin with Prime Minister Karamanlis of Greece, during his visit to Athens. "Gagarin in the land of Icarus" Major Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet astronaut is currently visiting Greece - homeland of the legend of the Icarus, the first man t...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
President Kennedy pinning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal on Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper during ceremonies at the White House on May 21st. Major Cooper was honoured for his 22-orbit flight in Faith...
The Times of Ceylon Press
N. S. Khrushchov, Yuri Gagarin and His Wife Valentina
The flower-bedecked car drives Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers N. S. Khrushchov, space pilot Yuri Gagarin and his wife Valentina through the streets of Moscow towards the Red Square. Photo by V. Bliokh
V. Bliokh
Olympic Champion Larisa Latynina with Yuri Gagarin
Soviet-Russian Olympic champion Larisa Latynina is in a conversation with the cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin (right) and Gherman Titov. Gagarin and Titov met the Soviet athletes in the professional's convention hall, Moscow, at a recent gathering for ath...
Lankadeepa
Russian Ambassador With Yuri Gagarin
Mr. N. Y.Tarakanov , Russian Ambassador, putting an arm round Major Yuri Gagarin before the Soviet spaceman left Ceylon this morning.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Scott Carpenter Meets President Kennedy
President Kennedy and astronaut Scott Carpenter are seen together during the astronaut's visit to the white house yesterday. Scott Carpenter was the America's last man into space and orbited the earth three times.
Central Press Photos Ltd.