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Enthusiastic crowds mobbed the astronauts' open car as they were driving out of the Katunayake Airport. Picture shows Alan Bean with his hands up, looking rather worried.
Daily Mirror
Demonstration in Honour of Yuri Gagarin
Demonstration of the people of Moscow in the Red Square in honour of Yuri Gagarin, the first space pilot.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Demonstration of the People of Moscow in Honour of Yuri Gagarin
Demonstration of the people of Moscow in the Red Square in honour of Yuri Gagarin, the first space pilot
The Times of Ceylon Press
Major Gherman Titov Gets Another Medal
Major Gherman Titov, Russia's No. 2 cosmonaut being greeted enthusiastically by young East Berliners during his recent tour of East Germany. Major Gherman Titov, Russia's "space-flier" hero, received an enthusiastic welcome when he attended the Y...
Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.
Major Yuri Gagarin on His Tour of the South
Major Yuri Gagarin acknowledging the cheers of crowds who lined the streets on his tour of the south yesterday.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Major Yuri Gagarin at 8th World Festival of Youth and Students
Major Yuri Gagarin, Soviet's first space traveller, welcomed with cheer by the crowd gathered at the '8th World Festival of Youth and Students' held at Hensinki, Finland
The Times of Ceylon Press
Moscow Welcomes World's First Space Flight Pilot Yuri Gagarin
Moscow, April 14, 1961. Moscow joyously welcomes World's Space Flight Pilot Yuri Gagarin. Photo by Yu. Muravin
Yu. Muravin
Moscow citizens Cheering for the Successful Space Flights of the Two Spacemen
The happy Moscow citizens gathered on the streets, cheering and holding pictures of the Soviet-cosmonauts, after hearing the news of the successful space flight of Nikolayev and Popovich.
Lankadeepa