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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...
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Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov trying out the space link-up before his flight with models
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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...
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Leader of Soyuz-10 Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov
Leader of Soyuz-10 Cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov during preparation for a space flight. Photo by A. Mokletsov
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Lunar Module Pilot -- James Irwin, Apollo-15 lunar module pilot. Photo from IPS.
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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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Yuri Gagarin at Moscow Film Festival
It was at the recent Moscow Film Festival that Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Union's first Hero of the Cosmos, met the "STARS". There were smiles of achievement on both sides as Gina Lollobrigida clasped hands with Gagarin. Gagarin has met scores of celebr...
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Gagarin and Prime Minister Macmillion
Yuri Gagarin visited Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at Admiralty House on July 13th just before visiting the Air Ministry. Could the P.M. be remarking on Yuri's flight? That is how it appears as Mr. Macmillan points skywards.
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Yuri Gagarin at home with his wife Valentina and their daughter Lena. She was two years old then. Their other daughter Galya was only one month old.
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