Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Memorial Plaque for Yuri Gagarin
Full Description:
Dr. George M. Low, acting administrator of NASA, presented to the USSR on January 21, 1971, a plaque in memory of Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who made the first flight into space on April 12, 1961. Accepting the plaque at the Moscow ceremony was Soviet Gen. Kuznetsov, commander of the USSR's Star City space base, where cosmonauts have been training since 1960. Gagarin, who made history with his 1 hour and 48 minute flight, lost his life in a training accident on March 27, 1968.
Date:
01/21/1971
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
Astronauts
Subject Category:
Soviet People-Cosmonauts
Keywords:
Armstrong
Keywords:
George
Keywords:
Low
Keywords:
James
Keywords:
John
Keywords:
General
Keywords:
Neil
Keywords:
Glenn
Keywords:
Yuri
Keywords:
Gagarin
Keywords:
McDivitt
Keywords:
City
Keywords:
Plaque
Keywords:
Star
Keywords:
Kuznetsov
Audience:
General Public
facet_where:
Moscow
facet_who:
Yuri Gagarin
facet_who:
Dr. George M. Low
facet_when:
April 12, 1961
facet_when:
March 27, 1968
facet_when:
January 21, 1971
facet_when:
01-21-1971
facet_when_year:
1961
facet_when_year:
1968
facet_when_year:
1971
Image #:
S-70-56914
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0150
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
S-70-56914
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000150
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Memorial Plaque for Yuri Gagarin