LIFE The Great Space Race: How the U.S. Beat the Russians to the Moon by Editors of LIFE The

Author:Editors of LIFE, The [Editors of LIFE, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LIFE
Published: 2016-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

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THE FIRST MAN in space, Russia’s Yuri Gagarin, during last-minute checks of the Vostok 1’s control systems just before his 1961 flight. He beat out more than 3,000 candidates in part by maintaining his characteristic good cheer even while being severely tested. In enforced isolation, for instance, he irritated his observers by repeatedly singing the Russian song “I Love You, Life.”

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GAGARIN AND Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, as the cosmonaut receives a hero’s welcome in Moscow.

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