Ground Control for Vostok 1, 1961
Ground control for Vostok 1 spacecraft, 1961. The Soviet spacecraft was firmly in the control of these engineers because Soviet doctors feared a cosmonaut could become mentally disturbed in flight. Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) made the first manned spaceflight on 12 April 1961, orbiting the Earth once in Vostok 1, in a flight that lasted 1 hour and 48 minutes. Gagarin became a hero in the Soviet Union and famous worldwide. He later returned to active service as a test pilot, dying in a crash during a training flight in 1968. His ashes were interred with full military honors in the Kremlin Wall.
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