On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space — a monumental moment captured in stamps around the world. Discover how nations commemorated his legendary flight through beautifully designed postage stamps and why Gagarin remains a favorite among topical stamp collectors.
Continue reading →On April 12 1961, aboard Vostok-1, Yury Gagarin navigates around the planet Earth in 108 minutes and finalize his great odyssey with one second in advance of the soviet engineers calculation ! “Traveling over 25 times the speed of sound, Cosmonaut Yury Gagarin made a complete orbit around the planet in 1 hour and 49 minutes. After re-entering the atmosphere, Gagarin parachuted to safety some four miles above Earth, bringing to a close the most exciting round-the-world trip of … Continue reading →
