Parcourir Sujets Space travel 
Cosmonaut Pilot Major German Stephanovich Titov
On a sport equipment. Photo by V. Bazanov (August 1961)
V. Bazanov
Cosmonaut Beregovoy in the Spacecraft
Millions of TV viewers watched the broadcast from the Soyuz-3 spacecraft on their TV screens. This shot shows the pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Georgy Beregovoy in the cabin of the spacecraft.
Novosti Press Agency
The Cosmodrome Where the Vastok Space Ship Took off
This photograph was made in the morning of April 12, 1961, at the cosmodrome where the Vostok space ship took off.
Novosti Press Agency
"Space and Peace" Yuri A. Gagarin is the world's first space traveller. He is Russian. He is no more. He was a very serene person. The village he was born in is now identified as 'Gagarin'. In this picture, Gagarin carries a white dove. The white...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Souvenir Breast Plate by Leningrad Mint
Photo No. 482901 May 1961 Moscow. Souvenir breast plate on the outstanding achievements of the Sov.people — YURI GAGARIN'S SPACE FLIGHT, which has been made by the Leningrad mint bears figure of man on background of space ship "VOSTOK". The man i...
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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The Souvenir Medal on the First Man Made Space Flight
The souvenir medal on the first man made space flight which is being made by the Dulevo Porcelain Factory on its right side bears a relief portrait of the Hero-Cosmonaut with inscription "Yuri Gagarin". On its left side, it has the Hammer and Sick...
Daily Mirror
"Yuri Gagarin as We Remember Him"
A monument has been erected to the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the Stellar Town near Moscow where Soviet Cosmonauts live and work. There are always fresh flowers at its pedestal: here come his workmates--those whom he trained for space flights...
Novosti Press Agency
Gagarin at Moscow Film Festival
Standby for a rush of bachelors to volunteer for space training. The reason could be the kiss that Major Yuri Gagarin is shown receiving from Italy's top film star Gina Lollobrigids at the Film Festival in Moscow.
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