RUSSIA - Lot 367

RUSSIA Lot of 5 vintage black and white silver prints of the Vostok rocket: - 2 photos of the Vostok rocket on the Baikonur cosmodrome, December 1967. Photo Tass press agency, no. 690982 and 690984 (17.5cm x 15.5cm). - 1 photo of the rocket before its delivery to the launch pad: Tass agency, photo no. 690985. 18 x 13cm. - 1 photo of the Vostok rocket supplied by the Novosti press agency. 21 x 18 cm. - 1 photo of rocket firing, Novosti press agency, 1964. 22 x 15.5cm. - 2 photos of the Vostok rocket on the Baikonur cosmodrome, December 1967. Photo Tass press agency, no. 690982 and 690984 (17.5cm x 15.5cm). The Vostok program was the Soviet Union's first manned space program, tested in 1960 and 1961 and involving six piloted flights between 1961 and 1963. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space (Vostok 1 mission).