Yuri Gagarin after Returning to Earth 5

Description

Yuri Gagarin after returning to Earth, photo; Licensed article; Original: 5740×4315; Photographer: Unknown; Subject to license; Rights: a9 Bleek/zba Media. The photo shows Yuri Gagarin shortly after returning to Earth on April 12, 1961, in a room at the Baikonur cosmodrome, while speaking with Nikita Khrushchev on the phone.
Scene: Gagarin is wearing an olive-green overall and a light green T-shirt, his face appears relieved and happy after his successful spaceflight.
Phone call with Khrushchev: He is holding the receiver of a stationary phone as he tells the Soviet leader about his historic flight.
Background: A simple room with functional furnishings at the Baikonur cosmodrome, where the first conversations after landing took place.
The photo symbolizes the successful completion of the first manned space mission, Gagarin’s relief and pride, as well as the significance of this moment for the Soviet leadership and the history of space exploration worldwide.