Gagarin Space Capsule to Be Sold at Auction

The HeraldFebruary 26, 2011

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IT has one careful owner, some scratches and is up for sale for around $10 million (pound(s)6.1m).

The Vostok 3KA-2 test capsule that paved the way for Russia to win the race with the US to put the first man in space is to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin crammed into the pod, which is still scorched from re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, for the mission before he blasted into space in 1961.

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Gagarin Space Capsule to Be Sold at Auction

Sotheby's estimates it will fetch between $2 m and to $10m. The owne...

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