Gagarin's portrait appears on all Russian missiles

The family of an astronaut gave his consent.

08.Apr.16 9:25 AM
By Johnatan Toadlicker
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Gagarin's portrait appears on all Russian missiles

In honor of the 55th anniversary of the first manned flight into space on Russian rockets will appear a portrait of Yuri Gagarin, who made this happen. According to the Roscosmos, the daughter of the first cosmonaut permission.

The Department explained that the main objective of such measures is to popularize space exploration. For the same reason the rockets want to set the cameras, which will allow millions of Russians in real time to observe the launch. The appropriate equipment create the plant in Samara.

The first rocket with a portrait of Yuri Gagarin starts in late April.

Note, the bust of the first cosmonaut will appear now in the American Museum of cosmonautics is one of the most popular in the United States.

The first man went to space in 1961.

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