Card with photograph of Gagarin, SIGNED at bottom, 7 x 4-1/2 inches (178 x 114 mm) overall . WITH: program for an event honoring Yuri Gagarin and others in 1965, on card stock, bifold, 7-7/8 x 5-1/2 inches (200 x 140 mm), SIGNED by GAGARIN on interior. Yuri Gagarin, the first man to fly in space, is still regarded as a giant figure in the history of space travel. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest award, and became a PR goldmine for the Soviet government. He was kept away from further space flights, but continued to fly fighter planes despite his fame and high rank in the Soviet Air Force. In 1968 he lost his life in a crash during a routine flight in a MiG-15 trainer.
Card with photograph of Gagarin, SIGNED at bottom, 7 x 4-1/2 inches (178 x 114 mm) overall . WITH: program for an event honoring Yuri Gagarin and others in 1965, on card stock, bifold, 7-7/8 x 5-1/2 inches (200 x 140 mm), SIGNED by GAGARIN on interior. Yuri Gagarin, the first man to fly in space, is still regarded as a giant figure in the history of space travel. He was made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest award, and became a PR goldmine for the Soviet government. He was kept away from further space flights, but continued to fly fighter planes despite his fame and high rank in the Soviet Air Force. In 1968 he lost his life in a crash during a routine flight in a MiG-15 trainer.
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