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2 of 10 from Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight (photos)
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Riding a converted ICBM, Gagarin lifted off in the cockpit of the Vostok 1. His flight lasted just 108 minutes, and it was only a month before the Americans' first manned space mission, but on April 12, 1961, no one was riding higher than Gagarin and the entire Soviet space program.
April 12, 2011 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: NASA
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