N.S. Khrushchov and L.I. Brezhnev with Titov's Family
Photo No. 490856
August, 1961
Moscow
Moscow. At the reception given at the Grand Kremlin Palace August 9, 1961
Photo: N.S. Khrushchov and L.I. Brezhnev with members of Gherman Titov's family.
Photo by V. Savostyanov and A. Konkov
Fotokhronika TASS
Cosmonauts Shot At
Soviet Cosmonauts from left to right V. Shatalov, A. Elyseev, E. Khrunov, and B. Volynov, driving through streets in the flower-bedecked car recently on their way to a Kremlin Awards ceremony, were shot at by a young man, who fired two pistols at ...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
Soviet Russia's Four Cosmonauts
Picture by Radio
UPI / TASS London Bureau
Moscow: Soviet Russia's four cosmonauts, right to left, Lieut. Col. Pavel Popovich; Major Andrian Nikolayev; Major Yuri Gagarin, and Major Gherman Titov pose together on the Mausoleum Tribune during t...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
First U.S. Man in Orbit
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., first U.S. man in orbit, pauses in his rigorous training while wearing the pressure suit designed to keep him alive in outer space. Pure oxygen is pumped into the air-conditioned, air-tight suit which is pressurized wh...
The Times of Ceylon Press
James Irwin
Lunar Module Pilot -- James Irwin, Apollo-15 lunar module pilot. Photo from IPS.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Olivia - The Girl Who Gave Yuri a Kiss
PS: The Girl: Olivia Brayden, pictured last night (12-7-61) after she stole a kiss from Spaceman Yuri on the steps of the Russian Embassy in London Yesterday.
(on right) just laughed for joy. Olivia was waiting with a group of friends at the Sovi...
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London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). 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 befo...
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