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Soviet capsule Vostok 3KA-2 sold by auction at Sotheby's seat in NY for nearly 3 million dollars
New York, USA - Yesterday, in the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's mission
Yesterday, in the 50th anniversary of the first manned space mission, was sold by auction, at Sotheby's seat in New York, a soviet capsule, at a cost of 2.88 million dollars. It's the Vostok 3KA-2, dating back to 1961. It carried out the preliminar flight to the first manned mission to space. It was launched, with a dummy and a dog, Zvezdochka, on board, twenty days before 12 April 1961, when Yuri...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1128207
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency