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Vostok launch vehicle
Yuri Gagarin
Vostok 2; Glenn, John; Kennedy, John F.; Titov, Gherman
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Bykovsky, 1963
Valentina Tereshkova
Vostok 6
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Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova
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Soviet cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev
Sergei Korolev
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin in a spacesuit and helmet sits in preparation for the first manned space flight in 1961, with two uniformed men standing behind him.
Yuri Gagarin
Soviet cosmonaut
Pavel Popovich on Vostok 4
Pavel Popovich
Soviet cosmonaut

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