Bust of Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1
A.D. Leónov
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Bust of Yuri Gagarin
Born on March 9, 1934, Yuri Gagarin became the planet’s first cosmonaut when on April 12, 1961 he embarked on the first trip to space in human history. Yuri was so passionate about flying that he died when, in 1968 on a training flight, the jet he was riding with his flight instructor Vladimir Seregin crashed.
The bust offered by the International Charitable Foundation “The Dialogue of Cultures – the United World” and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Portugal, serves as a tribute to the 60th Anniversary of the first human spaceflight and represents the friendship between the Peoples of Russia and Portugal.
Vostok 1
This was the probe where Yuri Gagarin completed the first spaceflight, smaller compared to the probes currently used. It was this ship that, for the first time in the history of the planet, allowed humans to go into space safely.
The creative concept of this piece was thought by Eduardo Correia – CEO of Taguspark, S.A. and Ana Figueiredo of Infinity, a company that focuses its work on innovation and passion for art.