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Gagarin waves to crowds en route to Red Square.
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Gagarin and Nikita Khrushchev celebrate at Red Square.
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Alan Shepard received an award from President Kennedy
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Yuri Gagarin meets Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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President Kennedy and John Glenn inspect Friendship 7.
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Caroline Kennedy with her family, including two of Pushinka’s puppies.
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The Mercury capsule with its escape rocket still attached.
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The monument to Gagarin in Moscow.
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Laika, the first living being launched into orbit.
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This is one frame of the television pictures of Yuri Gagarin.
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An April 1962 Izvestia article on cosmonauts.
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The Millstone ultra-high frequency radar
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A launch pad in the Tyuratam complex
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Yuri Gagarin Pin
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Comic From the Archives
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Gagarin waves to crowds en route to Red Square.
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Gagarin and Nikita Khrushchev celebrate at Red Square.
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Alan Shepard received an award from President Kennedy
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Yuri Gagarin meets Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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President Kennedy and John Glenn inspect Friendship 7.
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Caroline Kennedy with her family, including two of Pushinka’s puppies.
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The Mercury capsule with its escape rocket still attached.
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The monument to Gagarin in Moscow.
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Laika, the first living being launched into orbit.
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This is one frame of the television pictures of Yuri Gagarin.
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An April 1962 Izvestia article on cosmonauts.
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The Millstone ultra-high frequency radar
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A launch pad in the Tyuratam complex
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Yuri Gagarin Pin
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Comic From the Archives
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Comic From the Archives