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Astronomy and space

Astronomy and space

Never mind the right stuff, here’s the red stuff: how Yuri Gagarin and the cosmonauts shaped Soviet space culture

20 Mar 2024 Margaret Harris

Margaret Harris reviews Cosmonaut: a Cultural History by Cathleen S Lewis

Stone bust of Yuri Gagarin in Moscow
Out of this world As the first human to orbit Earth, Yuri Gagarin was an emblem of the Soviet Union’s space programme. (Courtesy: iStock/mgrushin)
On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, launching into space in his

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