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Mission Profile for April 12, 1961 Vostok Flight Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : missionprofile
Date : UNKNOWN


Title

Mission Profile for April 12, 1961 Vostok Flight

Full Description

The mission profile for Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering flight into space. The flight took place on April 12, 1961 in the Vostok spaceship.

Keywords

Yuri Gagarin Vostok Diagram

Subject Category

Soviet Spacecraft, Soviet Launch Vehicles, Soviet People- Cosmonauts

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: missionprofile
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000224

Source Information

  • Original Source: DIGITAL
  • Source/Capture Information: R. F. Gibbons

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)
Height
(Pixels)
Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 58 63 5
Small JPEG 412 448 68
Medium JPEG 965 1050 253
Large JPEG 1929 2100 738


Publication Information

Image under copyright by R.F. Gibbons. Image and caption from Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945- 1974 by Asif A. Siddiqi. Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only.
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