The former Soviet Union began manned space flight on April 12, 1961, when they launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth aboard the Vostok space capsule. The single-seat Vostok remained in use for five more flights, until 1964, when it was replaced with the multi-seater space capsule Voskhod.
NASM.XXXX.0583
1961-1964
Frank Winter, Gift, 1996, XXXX-0583, unknown
0.1 Cubic feet ((1 scrapbook))
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Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Clippings
Drawings
Scrapbooks
This collection contains a variety of documentation pertaining to the Vostok capsule. Included are: engineering drawings by Donald J. Ritchie of the capsule, the cabin instrument panel, the cabin control panel and the ejection seat; detailed pencil drawings of the capsule and the cabin instrumentation, in English and in Russian, most are signed and dated; an article from 'Aviation Week and Space Technology' May 31, 1965, magazine and newspaper clippings; and sixty-five black and white photographs of the capsule, cabin instrument panel, cabin control panel, ejection seat, and space suit.
Photographs
Clippings
Drawings
Scrapbooks
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Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, 1934-1968
Vostok (manned satellite)
Manned space flight
Astronauts
Space flight
National Air and Space Museum Archives