Photo #898852

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, driving through London, UK, in an open-top car. Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, a flight that lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Gagarin became a hero in the Soviet Union and famous worldwide. He later returned to active service as a test pilot, dying in a crash during a training flight in 1968. His ashes were interred with full military honors in the Kremlin Wall. Photographed in July 1961.
Categories: | Science & Technology, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Lifestyle & Leisure |
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Location: | London, United Kingdom |
Event date: | 11.07.1961 |
Import date: | 11.04.2011 |
Author: | RIA Novosti |
Keywords: | 1961, April, astronaut, Britain, cosmonaut, England, Europe, famous, first man in space, flight, greeting, hand, pioneer, prominent, Russian, ship, stand, USSR, YG50 |
Source: | Sputnik |
Credit: | Sputnik |
Original: | Digital |
Content language: | Russian |