Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin before lifting off from the Baikonur space center on April 12, 1961.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- Event date: 12.04.1961
- Date published: 22.02.2005
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 82-8336, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 2360x3000px, 2.4Mb