Vostok 1 spacecraft in orbit. Computer artwork of the Vostok 1 capsule that carried Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) on the first manned flight in space,in orbit around the Earth. Vostok-1 was launched from Baikonur,Kazakhstan,on 12 April 1961. The flight lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes from lift-off to touch-down,and made one orbit of Earth. Gagarin died on 27th March 1968 in a plane crash while training for another space mission. The writing is a quote from Gagarin,and reads: "When I flew around the Earth with the spaceship,I saw how beautiful our planet looks. Mankind,let us save the beauty,enlarge and not destroy. Yuri Gagarin,April 20th,1961 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
Taille de l’image : | 5138 px × 3425 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Property Release : | Non requis |
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