Vostok


This model represents the rocket that first launched mankind into the space age. On April 12, 1961, a Vostok rocket carried Yuri Gagarin into orbit. Subsequent Vostok missions involved the first multi-day flights and the first woman to orbit the earth.

Location: USAF Museum
Date: July 1993 (?)
Photo by: Karl D. Dodenhoff


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