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The hidden crisis of Vostok 1, how Yuri Gagarin nearly died during the first human spaceflight

Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight aboard Vostok 1 was far more dangerous than the world was told. Hidden failures during reentry nearly turned humanity’s first step into space into a fatal disaster, ...
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Vostok 3KA, Model, 1:3 scale

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a one-third scale model of ...
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Stand, Vostok 3KA, Model, 1:3 scale

This is a one-third scale model of the spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot, into space making him the first person to orbith the Earth on April 12, 1961. The Vostok 3KA spacecraft ...