Sotheby’s relive Gagarin’s triumph 50 years on

ON April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted out of the earth’s atmosphere in the Vostok 3KA-3 Space Capsule, becoming the first man to travel into space.

On April 12, exactly 50 years on, Sotheby's New York will offer the Vostok 3KA-2, the final test cap…

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