London, UK. 12th Mar, 2016. Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age.Tissue-equivalent mannequin with Gagarin's face used for the unmanned mission to the Moon in 1969.The Science Museum exhibit has assembled a most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK. In 1957 Russia launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space and just four years later sent the first ever human ""“ Yuri Gagarin. It was Russia that turned the dream of space travel into a reality and became the first nation to explore space. On display was Vostok 6: the cap

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March 12, 2016 - London, UK - Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age.Tissue-equivalent mannequin with Gagarin's face used for the unmanned mission to the Moon in 1969..The Science Museum exhibit has assembled a most significant collection of Russian spacecraft and artefacts ever to be shown in the UK. In 1957 Russia launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik, into space and just four years later sent the first ever human – Yuri Gagarin. It was Russia that turned the dream of space travel into a reality and became the first nation to explore space. On display was Vostok 6: the capsule flown by Valentina Tereshkova, the first ever woman in space, Voskhod 1: the capsule used on the first mission to carry more than one crew member and LK-3 Lunar Lander: a single cosmonaut craft built to compete with Apollo, Science Museum, London, UK. (Credit Image: © Veronika Lukasova via ZUMA Wire)