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President Vladimir Putin visits the site where Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin landed after completing the legendary flight that made him the first man in space. Gagarin landed in a potato field in front of a five-year-old girl, Rita Nurskanova, and her grandmother in the southern city of Engels on the banks of the Volga River. A memorial now stands in the spot to honour the historic flight. IMAGES
Klúshino (Russia), Apr 10 (EFE), (Camera: Fernando Salcines).- "He was the son of peasants and his noble soul arose from the earth," says Tamara Filátova, niece of Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), about the first person to fly into space 60 years ago.Filátova currently works as an advisor to the Gagarin Museum, located in Klúshino and Gagarin, formerly known as Gzhatsk. FOOTAGE OF THE HOUSE WHERE YURI GAGARIN SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD AND OF THE TOWN OF GAGARIN, NAMED IN HONOR OF THE RUSSIAN COSMONAUT. FOOTAGE OF TAMARA FILÁTOVA, YURI GAGARIN'S NIECE:"He went from the plow to manufacturing, he graduated at the trade school as a sheet-metal worker and foundry worker, he completed the 7th grade at the night school, he later attended technical school, after that the flight club and finally the aviation academy. His way to space was very difficult.""Why did they love him? I think it is because of his dedication, because of his kindness towards people, because he helped people without feeling sorry for himself." "Here is the rebuilt house where the future cosmonaut's spent his childhood."
This Soviet-era Zil PEU-1B six-wheeled rover was commissioned during the height of the Cold War by the USSR to retrieve fallen satellites, space junk and even cosmonauts returning from orbit. The search and rescue vehicle has been lovingly restored to its former glory over three years on the territory of the old Zil factory in Moscow and is now roving through the countryside once more.
A SpaceX spacehip blasts off from the Kennedy Space Center from Florida for the International Space Station, carrying a Russian crewmate, in a voyage that carries symbolic significance amid the Ukraine war. IMAGES
Moscow, Apr 12 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Sergei Ilnitsky) Russia remembers on Monday soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who sixty years ago became the first man to fly into space, a feat that continues to pride the Russians and marveling the rest of the planet.FOOTAGE OF A GRAFFITI WITH THE FACE OF YURI GAGARIN PAINTED BY THE ITALIAN ARTIST JORIT IN 2019 IN A BUILDING IN ODINTSOVO, IN THE MOSCOW REGION.
A three-man crew enters the international Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space. IMAGES
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