Picture Acknowledgements

Two great rivals: Gherman Titov (left) and Gagarin (Baker/Planet),

A view through the Vostok capsule’s hatch (Baker),

A Vostok on display showing the troublesome electrical connector (Baker/Planet),

A Vostok ejection seat and space suit (Baker),

Gagarin and his political champion, Nikita Khruschev, celebrating in Moscow, 14 April 1961 (Baker),

Gagarin with Sergei Korolev shortly after the flight, 1961 (Baker/Novosti)

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