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British Scientists Honour Soviet Spaceman
The world's first man in space, Major Yuri Gagarin, looking at some early scientific books in the library of Burlington House, headquarters of the Royal Society today. One of the books he saw was Newton's "Principia" (First edition) - Newton's the...
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Russia's Major Yuri Gagarin Posing By the Side of the Ancient Sphinix at Gizeh
Russia's Major Yuri Gagarin, the first man to fly into Space, posing by the side of the ancient Sphinx at Gizeh, near Cairo. He was on an eight-day State visit to the United Arab Republic recently.
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Titov In Training Before Take-off
Moscow: Major Gherman Stepanovich Titov, the second Soviet cosmonaut who landed safely today after orbitting the earth 17 times, is pictured here being trained on a centrifuge device before take-off. Moscow Radio said Titov landed in "Vostok II" a...
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Moscow, USSR: Major Gherman Titov at today's Press conference here on the occasion of his successful cosmic flight in Russia's second spaceship Vostok II. He gave a full report of the flight. Although without previous experience of public speaking...
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Yuri Gagarin at the 'May Day' Parade
The picture on top shows Major Yuri Gagarin (centre), the world's first spaceman, standing between Soviet premier Nikita Krushev (left) and President Leonid Brezhnev on a balcony of the Lenin Mausoleum to watch the traditional 'May Day' parade in ...
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