Yuri Gagarin after Return to Earth 4

Description

Yuri Gagarin after return to Earth, photo; Licensed item; Original: 5740×4315; Photographer: Unknown; subject to license; Rights: © Bleek/zb Media. The photo shows Yuri Gagarin shortly after his return to Earth on April 12, 1961, in a room at the Baikonur space center, while he is on a phone call with Nikita Khrushchev.
Scene: Gagarin is wearing an olive green jumpsuit and a light green T-shirt, his face looks relieved and happy after his successful space flight.
Phone call with Khrushchev: He holds the receiver of a stationary phone as he reports to the Soviet government leader about his historic flight.
Background: A simple room with functional furnishings at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, where the first conversations after landing were held.
The photo symbolizes the successful completion of the first manned space mission, the relief and pride of Gagarin as well as the significance of this moment for the Soviet leadership and the global history of spaceflight.