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VOSTOK-1

First man in space YEARS

On April 12, 1961, Soviet 4 6:17 GMT 5 6:37 GMT 6 7:10 GMT 7 7:26 GMT
Second stage Terrestrial Emerges into daylight Braking begins;
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became separation; night begins and prepares for failed separation
Vostok-1 reaches braking maneuver between reentry
the first man ever to leave Earth's orbit module and service
module
atmosphere. Son of peasants, VOSTOK mission
and program logos

with a typical Russian name,

he was uniquely qualified 8 7:35 GMT
The two modules
to represent the Soviet VOSTOK-1 separate during re-entry
“Sharik” REENTRY SPHERE
nation on this historic Hatch
9 7:55 GMT
Gagarin ejects
mission. On board 3 6:12 GMT “Trombone” at an altitude
Main
communication antenna Ejection seat of 7,000 metres
Vostok-1, Gagarin stage
separation
Electronics
took 108 minutes block
to complete one 2 6:09 GMT
earth orbit, then Separation
of auxiliary
ended his engines

odyssey just one Optical orientation

Survival kit
inside the seat
second short of device “Vzor”
10 Gagarin
pre-flight separates
from the seat
Heat shield
estimates! of the main
parachute
deployment
Steel straps that
broke during re-entry
5m

1 6:07 GMT SERVICE MODULE

The two-stage
rocket, carrying Whip antenna
Yuri Gagarin the Vostok-1 Oxygen and nitrogen
(1934-1968) capsule with Yuri tanks
38.36 m Gagarin aboard,
was launched from
Baikonur Electrical
THE VOSTOK (Kazakhstan, then assembly
3KA ROCKET part of the
11 8:05 GMT
Gagarin lands
U.S.S.R.) near Uzmoriye
Weight: Communications Retrorocket
4,725 kg antenna in the former
(with fuel) U.S.S.R.

SOURCES: REUTERS; ENCYCLOPEDIA ASTRONAUTICA; RUSSIAN ARHCIVES; NASA