1963 Press Photo Cosmonaut Vostok

Caption: Lt. Col. Valeri Federovich Bykovsky poses in his Soviet Air Force uniform. The twenty-nine-year-old fighter pilot became the Soviet Unions fifth cosmonaut when he was launched into orbit today in space craft Vostok V. He is a fighter pilot and sports parachutist. He is married and the father of a 3-month-old son, Valeri Jr. This picture is from Tass, Soviet photo agency.The space flight may last eight days and included the first space woman.

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