DALLAS, TX.- A bolt of Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok Spacecraft, sheared by the heat of re-entering the atmosphere, along with a Sputnik 1 Tag from the Fourth Arm of the Satellite inscribed and initialed by Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and given to Oleg Ivanovsky,…
Original Vostok, Sputnik, Gemini and Apollo Materials Highlight Heritage Auctions Spacefest III Simulcast Event
DALLAS, TX.- A bolt of Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok Spacecraft, sheared by the heat of re-entering the atmosphere, along with a Sputnik 1 Tag from the Fourth Arm of the Satellite inscribed and initialed by Sergei Pavlovich Korolev and given to Oleg Ivanovsky,…
Russian Businessman Evgeny Yurchenko Buys Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule at Sotheby’s
NEW YORK, NY.- Today at Sotheby’s, 50 years after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into outer space, the Vostok 3KA-2 Space Capsule that paved the way for his historic mission sold for $2,882,500 to Evgeny Yurchenko, ch…
NASA Announces Space Shuttles Going to Florida, California, Suburban Washington
CAPE CANAVERAL (AP).- On a memorable day in space history, NASA began its goodbyes to the shuttle program Tuesday, announcing the aged spacecraft will retire to museums in Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles and suburban Washington and sending a test-flight or…
Sotheby’s to Offer Iconic Piece of Space History That Paved the Way for Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Flight
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Nearly 50 years ago, on 12 April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin rocketed out of the Earth’s atmosphere aboard the small, spherical Vostok 3KA-3 Space Capsule, becoming the first man to travel into outer space. Three weeks prio…