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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968, left), soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, meeting British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan (1894-1986, right). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968, center), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, meeting the Lord Mayor of London Bernard Waley-Cohen (1914-1991, left). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968, center right), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, meeting the Lord Mayor of London Bernard Waley-Cohen (1914-1991, chain and spectacles). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, at the Tower of London. Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968, center right), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, meeting Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903-1995, left). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, in the cockpit of a Vickers Viscount airliner belonging to British European Airways (BEA). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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Yury Gagarin visits United Kingdom

Yury Gagarin (1934-1968, left), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, meeting the British actress Valerie Hobson (1917-1998). Gagarin made the first manned space flight on 12 April 1961. He orbited the Earth once in the Vostok 1 spacecraft, 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. Photographed in July 1961.

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