Photographer: V. Sozinov
24 x 9 cm / black&white handprint / edition of 420
Сaption: April 12 - Cosmonautics Day
Moscow. April 12, 1981 marks the 20th anniversary of the first man's space flight. He became a Soviet citizen, communist Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin.
Now, these days, the pavilion of VDNKh of the USSR "Cosmos" is especially crowded. Soviet and foreign guests get acquainted with the model of the Vostok ship, the space suit of the first cosmonaut and other exhibits. Here, in the exposition, you can also see the first Soviet "lunohod", the returnable apparatus of the Luna-24 station, which delivered lunar soil to the ground, docked with "Salyut", "Soyuz", "Progress".
In the picture: in the "Cosmos" pavilion.
Photo by V. Sozynov TASS Photochronicle
Moscow. April 12, 1981 marks the 20th anniversary of the first man's space flight. He became a Soviet citizen, communist Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin.
Now, these days, the pavilion of VDNKh of the USSR "Cosmos" is especially crowded. Soviet and foreign guests get acquainted with the model of the Vostok ship, the space suit of the first cosmonaut and other exhibits. Here, in the exposition, you can also see the first Soviet "lunohod", the returnable apparatus of the Luna-24 station, which delivered lunar soil to the ground, docked with "Salyut", "Soyuz", "Progress".
In the picture: in the "Cosmos" pavilion.
Photo by V. Sozynov TASS Photochronicle
Subscriber. 4, 36, 37 No. X-53502 Edition of 420 copies.
Date of dispatch 24.Sh.81 year.
Date of dispatch 24.Sh.81 year.
