Yuri Gagarin in Vostok Capsule 1961 2

Description

Yuri Gagarin in Vostok capsule, photo; Licensed article; Original: 5740×4315; Photographer: Unknown; subject to licensing; Rights: a9 Bleek/zb Media. The photo shows Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok 1 capsule, a few minutes before the historic launch on April 12, 1961.
Scene: Gagarin is strapped in his seat within the cramped capsule, wearing his orange spacesuit and the white helmet with the inscription 2222.
Background: The instruments and control displays of the Vostok-1 capsule, responsible for the monitoring of the flight.
Significance: At this moment, Gagarin was ready for the first manned space flight in history, which would take him around the Earth in 108 minutes.
The photo symbolizes humanity’s breakthrough into space and the technological achievement of the Soviet space program.