"Our Gagarin" Russian Commemorative Book Signed by Ten Cosmonauts

Russian copy of "Our Gagarin", commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. Moscow: Progress Publishing House, 1978. A large quarto, [16] 17-316 [6]. Printed in Russian, the book is a large format, heavily illustrated book, honoring the life of Gagarin. Inscribed on the title page in Russian: "To Yakov Borisovich Nagle with respect, Pilots and Cosmonauts of the U.S.S.R. February 23, 1980" with the signatures beneath of fellow cosmonauts Kubasov, Bykovsky, Kovalyonok, Khrunov, Aksyonov, Manarov, Gorbatko, Lazarev, Dzhanibekov, and Romanenko. Cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to the front cover and spine. Minor edge and corner rubbing. Some brown staining to the upper back cover. The slipcase is still present. Overall very good with bold signatures.

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) was the first human to travel to outer space. The trained air force pilot and officer was handpicked in 1960 to test into the new Soviet space program, later becoming one of the program’s top candidates, called the Sochi 6. Gagarin’s psychological and physical endurance, as well as his small stature (5’2”), made him an ideal candidate for future space missions. Gagarin broke records when he successfully manned the Vostok I space capsule into outer space on April 12, 1961. He made a full orbit around Earth lasting 108 minutes before parachuting into the atmosphere at 23,000 feet. Gagarin was killed in a routine training mission at age 34.

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