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Right: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was without a doubt our most popular visitor. But the man who made a brave fight alone into the space, frankly had his qualms about an elephant ride and gracefully declined! Hence that extra-special smile and tip for ...
Daily Mirror
Major Y.A. Gagarin's Space Flight
Was it here he felt so light, so happy and so free. He is on his way blazing a new trail through the skies to the stars.
Daily Mirror
Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin
Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, the first space pilot, citizen of the Soviet Union.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Major Yuri Gagarin Awarded with Order of Lenin
Glittering occasion where Gagarin is presented with the Order of Lenin and Medal of Hero of the Soviet Union.
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
London gave Major Gagarin, the world's first man in space, a great reception today (11-7-61). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London bef...
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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
Richard Beach Sculpts Major Gagarin
A clay head of Major Gagarin — the world's first man-in-space, has been modelled by Sculptor Richard Beach who lives in Wakefield, Yorks. It is being produced for waxworks heads — by Jean Roger of West London. Mr. Beach used photographs and newspa...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
