Airmail registered cover , posted on 17.05.2011 from Moscow Russia to Tonisvorst Germany with arrival postmarked on 16.06.2011
Stamps on the cover:
1) 2011 Russia ...Yuriy Gagarin .....On April 12, 1961, at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time, spacecraft "Vostok" with Yuri Gagarin on board was launched into Earth orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The flight lasted 108 minutes. During this time, "Vostok" made a circle around the Earth and landed in the Saratov Region, not far from Engels (city). After the flight, Yuri Gagarin was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and the day of April 12 became the World Day of Aviation and Astronautics.
2)Postage stamp is devoted to the 50th anniversary of flight of the spaceship “Sputnik-5” with the dogs Belka and Strelka on board, which took place on August 19, 1960. Dogs became the first living creatures, which have safely returned to the Earth after orbital flight. Launching of animals in space was carefully prepared: a spaceship was equipped with biomedical apparatus, which fixed all the changes that occurred in their organisms during the flight, and special survival suits were created for "cosmonauts". The aim of the experiment was to study the impact of space radiation on life forms, as well as checking of the effectiveness of various life-support systems.
The stamp depicts Belka and Strelka against the background of the Earth and starry sky.
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