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A statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is unveiled outside the British Council headquarters in central London July 14, 2011.

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Elena Gagarina, daughter of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, speaks during a ceremony to unveil a statue of her late father in central London, on July 14, 2011. Gargarin became the first man in space after orbiting the earth on April 12, 1961.

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Elena Gagarina, (Front L) daughter of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, applauds with Britain's Prince Michael of Kent, (Front R) during the unveiling of a statue of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, in central London, on July 14, 2011. Gargarin became the first man in space after orbiting...

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The newly-unveiled statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, is seen outside the headquarters of the British Council, in central London, Thursday, July 14, 2011. A gift from the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) to the British Council, the statue shows Gagarin standing on a globe...

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Elena Gagarina, director of the Kremlin Museums in Moscow, and daughter of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, poses in front of a newly-unveiled statue of her father, outside the headquarters of the British Council, in central London, Thursday, July 14, 2011. A gift from the Russian...

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U.S. astronaut Michael Fossum, left, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Volkov, center, and Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa pose in front of a monument to Soviet cosmonaut, the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, during the official welcome ceremony at Russian Space Training Center in Star...

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Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa stands in front of a picture of Yuri Gagarin, during a news conference at the Star City cosmonaut training centre, outside Moscow, December 15, 2011. Furukawa was part of a three man team that landed in Kazakhstan on November 22 after a mission to the...

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(Front L-R) U.S. astronaut Donald Pettit, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers sign a guest book in the former office of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, in the Star City space centre outside Moscow December 1, 2011. The three-man team is scheduled to...

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An employee shows an ejection seat and a spacesuit of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, exhibited at the museum of Baikonur Cosmodrome, November 25, 2011.

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International Space Station (ISS) crew members, U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank (L) and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (C) and Anatoly Ivanishin, pose for a picture in front of the monument of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, during a traditional farewell ceremony in Star City...

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A local cameraman films the Soviet made ZISZ, used by the Hungarian government to chauffer the Russian president Nikita Khrushchev and Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin during a visit to Budapest, at Syma Hall in Budapest on October 24, 2010 during the Hungarian periodic exhibition, the ...

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International Space Station (ISS) crew members Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov (L) and Anatoly Ivanishin (R) pay their respects at the grave of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to travel into outer space, at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow October 24, 2011. The two cosmonauts are part of a...

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International Space Station (ISS) crew member U.S. astronaut Daniel Burbank places flowers on the grave of Yuri Gagarin, the first person to travel into outer space, at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow October 24, 2011. Burbank is part of a three-man crew is scheduled to leave for the ISS on...

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a reception marking a half century since Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, in Moscow Kremlin on April 12, 2011. Medvedev said today he would soon reveal if he will run in presidential polls next year.

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The monument to Yuri Gagarin is seen behind a traffic light near Gagarin square in Moscow April 12, 2011. Russia on Tuesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first space flight.

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Gagarin's portrait reflects in the glasses of a woman wearing a mock space helmet as people march during celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Yuri Gagarin's first manned flight into space, in downtown St.Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, April 12, 2011.

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In this April 12 1961 photo rocket engineer Oleg Ivanovsky leads Yuri Gagarin, left, to the Vostok spacecraft before the launch from what will later become known as the Baikonur cosmodrome. Ivanovsky said that designers had done their best to make the first human flight into space safe,...

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In this April 12 1961 photo, rocket engineer Oleg Ivanovsky pats Yuri Gagarin, left, on his helmet as he sits down in the cockpit of the Vostok spacecraft before the launch from what will later become known as the Baikonur cosmodrome. Ivanovsky said that designers had done their best to...

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In this April 12 1961 photo, rocket engineer Oleg Ivanovsky, right, leads Yuri Gagarin, center, to the Vostok spacecraft before the launch from what will later become known as the Baikonur cosmodrome. Ivanovsky said that designers had done their best to make the first human flight into...

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Dr Chris Welch drinks a toast of vodka before a walk to mark a half century since Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, in central London, on April 12, 2011. At 0907 Moscow time on April 12, 1961 Gagarin uttered the famous words 'Let's Go' as the Vostok rocket,...

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Elena Gagarina (C), daughter of the late cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, US NASA astronaut Thomas Stafford (L) and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov (R) attend a reception on April 11, 2011 devoted to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic first space flight and the upcoming Day of Aviation and...

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The head of Russian space agency, Roskosmos, Anatoly Perminov (R) holds a picture on April 11, 2011 with Yuri Gagarin portrait presented by NASA during a reception devoted to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic first space flight and the upcoming Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics celebrated...

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Elena Gagarina, daughter of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin delivers a speech on April 11, 2011 during a reception devoted to the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic first space flight and the upcoming Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics celebrated tomorrow in Moscow.

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Yelena Gagarina, daughter of the late cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, delivers a speech during a reception dedicated to the upcoming Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics and the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic first space flight celebrated on April 12, in Moscow April 11, 2011.