Space Race
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Yuri Gagarin in London: The Soviet Cosmonaut and the ‘YG 1’ Rolls-Royce
Cruising through London on July 11, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin waves to ecstatic crowds from an open-top Rolls-Royce bearing the custom plate ‘YG 1’ and a hammer-and-sickle flag on its bonnet.
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The Beach Ball That Bridged Continents: Telstar 1 and the Birth of Live Global TV
A sphere covered in solar panels rests in a cleanroom, capturing the 1962 moment before Telstar 1 launched to transform the world by beaming the first live transatlantic television signal.