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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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Gagarin on his way to Vostok Launch
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Gagarin on his way to Vostok Launch
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Full Description:
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A pensive Yuri Gagarin is in the bus on the way to the launch pad on the morning of April 12, 1961. Behind him, seated, is his backup, German Titov. Standing are cosmonauts Grigoriy Nelyubov and Andrian Nikolayev. Yuri Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in a town outside of Moscow, Russia. After graduating from secondary school in 1949, Gagarin went to several technical schools before joining the Orenburg Higher Air Force School in 1955. He began his cosmonaut training in 1960, along with 19 other candidates. On April 12, 1961 at 9:06 am Gagarin lifted off in the Vostok 1 spacecraft and after a 108-minute flight of extended microgravity, he parachuted safely to the ground in the Saratov region of the USSR. As the first human to fly in space, he successfully completed one orbit around the Earth. After his historic flight, Gagarin became an international symbol for the Soviet space program and in 1963 was appointed deputy director of the Cosmonaut Training Center. In 1966 he served as a backup crewmember for Soyuz 1 and on February 17, 1968, completed a graduate degree in technical sciences. Tragically, during flight training in a UTI-MiG-15 aircraft on March 27, 1968, Gagarin was killed when his plane crashed.
Full_Description
A pensive Yuri Gagarin is in the bus on the way to the launch pad on the morning of April 12, 1961. Behind him, seated, is his backup, German Titov. Standing are cosmonauts Grigoriy Nelyubov and Andrian Nikolayev. Yuri Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in a town outside of Moscow, Russia. After graduating from secondary school in 1949, Gagarin went to several technical schools before joining the Orenburg Higher Air Force School in 1955. He began his cosmonaut training in 1960, along with 19 other candidates. On April 12, 1961 at 9:06 am Gagarin lifted off in the Vostok 1 spacecraft and after a 108-minute flight of extended microgravity, he parachuted safely to the ground in the Saratov region of the USSR. As the first human to fly in space, he successfully completed one orbit around the Earth. After his historic flight, Gagarin became an international symbol for the Soviet space program and in 1963 was appointed deputy director of the Cosmonaut Training Center. In 1966 he served as a backup crewmember for Soyuz 1 and on February 17, 1968, completed a graduate degree in technical sciences. Tragically, during flight training in a UTI-MiG-15 aircraft on March 27, 1968, Gagarin was killed when his plane crashed.
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Date:
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04/12/1961
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NASA Center:
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Headquarters
NASA_Center
Headquarters
NASA Center
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Publication Information:
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Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945- 1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi. Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
Publication_Informat ion
Image from the files of Asif Siddiqi. Image and caption from Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945- 1974 (NASA SP-2000-4408) by Asif A. Siddiqi. Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
Publication Information
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Subject Category:
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Soviet People-Cosmonauts
Subject_Category
Soviet People-Cosmonauts
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Keywords:
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Yuri
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Keywords:
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Gagarin
Keywords
Gagarin
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Keywords:
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Nikolayev
Keywords
Nikolayev
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Keywords:
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German
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Keywords:
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Titov
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Keywords:
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Nelyubov
Keywords
Nelyubov
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Vostok
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
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facet_what:
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Soyuz 1
facet_what
Soyuz 1
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Vostok 1
facet_what
Vostok 1
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Russia
facet_where
Russia
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Moscow
facet_where
Moscow
facet_where
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facet_who:
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Andrian Nikolayev
facet_who
Andrian Nikolayev
facet_who
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facet_who:
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Yuri Gagarin
facet_who
Yuri Gagarin
facet_who
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facet_when:
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1960
facet_when
1960
facet_when
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facet_when:
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1949
facet_when
1949
facet_when
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facet_when:
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1963
facet_when
1963
facet_when
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facet_when:
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1966
facet_when
1966
facet_when
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facet_when:
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1955
facet_when
1955
facet_when
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facet_when:
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April 12, 1961
facet_when
April 12, 1961
facet_when
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facet_when:
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March 9, 1934
facet_when
March 9, 1934
facet_when
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facet_when:
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February 17, 1968
facet_when
February 17, 1968
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facet_when:
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March 27, 1968
facet_when
March 27, 1968
facet_when
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facet_when:
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04-12-1961
facet_when
04-12-1961
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1961
facet_when_year
1961
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1968
facet_when_year
1968
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1960
facet_when_year
1960
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1966
facet_when_year
1966
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1955
facet_when_year
1955
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1963
facet_when_year
1963
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1949
facet_when_year
1949
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1934
facet_when_year
1934
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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gagarin01
Image_#
gagarin01
Image #
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0168
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0168
UID
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Center:
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HQ
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Center Number:
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gagarin01
Center_Number
gagarin01
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2002-000168
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2002-000168
GRIN DataBase Number
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Source-Capture Information:
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Asif Siddiqi
Source-Capture_Infor mation
Asif Siddiqi
Source-Capture Information
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Original Source:
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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
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