(From left) Russian Ambassador to Malaysia His Excellency Naiyl M. Latypov, Svetlana Kovaleva, the Russian Centre for Science and Culture's director and national astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. Photo: Russian Centre For Science And Culture
“Poekhali! (Let’s go!)” exclaimed Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin 60 years ago as the Vostok 1 spacecraft took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan.
The historic date was April 12,1961 and Gagarin became the first person to travel into space.
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