USSR Vintage Small Soviet Figurine Souvenir Rocket Vostok Gagarin 12 April 1961 For Sale

Table statue made in the USSR - first human in space - Rocket Vostok circling the globe

Yuri Gagarin became the first human in outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth on 12 April 1961 in the Vostok 1 mission. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his nation’s highest honour. Gagarin died in 1968 when the training jet he was piloting crashed.

Made in USSR 1970s.

Rocket Vostok 10*5 cm (3,9*1,9 in).