50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight

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Today - 12/4/11 - celebrates 50 years since the first human , Yuri Gagarin went into space (in 1961).

Facts :

• Yuri Spent 108 minutes in space before landing
• A mannequin called Ivan Ivanovich and a dog were sent into space to test the design before Yuri in the Korabl-Sputnik 5 spacecraft.
•  A Vostok model capsule was auctioned at Sotheby and sold for $2.9m on the 50th anniversary.

The Vostok 1 spacecraft




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  The Capsule Gagarin was in on display in a museum