Soyuz TMA-21
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Soyuz TMA-21 was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 27 crew to the ISS, and docked at the station on April 6, 2011. TMA-21 is the 109th f
From left to right: Garan, Samokutyayev and Borisenko in front their Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft dubbed "Gagarin"Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-20Soyuz TMA-02M →
The Soyuz TMA-21 crew members conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on March 11, 2011.
Garan stands in front of the Soyuz booster which bears the name and likeness of Yuri Gagarin.
The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft on the launch pad.
Yuri Gagarin
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Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to journey into outer space during the first successful crewed spaceflight. He was launched from the Baikonur Cos
Soyuz TMA-21
…Earth on September 16, 2011. The launch of Soyuz TMA-21 was devoted to the 50th anniversary of the first crewed space mission, which was conducted by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. The COSPAR International ID of Soyuz TMA-21 is 2011-012A. In December 2010, the Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Anatoly…
Gagarin in 1963
Gagarin family home in Klushino
Gagarin as an air cadet in the Saratov flying club c. 1954
Gagarin's Vostok 3KA capsule and an effigy of him on display at the RKK Energiya museum in 2010