Yuri Gagarin in Vostok Space Capsule 1961 9

Description

Yuri Gagarin in Vostok space capsule, photo; licensed item; original: 5740×4315; photographer: unknown; subject to licensing; rights: a9 Bleek/zb Media. The photo shows Yuri Gagarin in the Vostok 1 space capsule, just 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 emblazoned with the letters e2€œ21212120e2€.
Background: The instruments and control displays of the Vostok-1 capsule, responsible for monitoring 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 foray into space and the technological achievement of Soviet space exploration.