Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

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Original – Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut, Air Force pilot, and aerospace engineer.

Alt 1 Scratches and specks removed.

Reason: Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go to space and the first to orbit the Earth on 12 April 1961. This wonderful maniac then directed Vostok 1 on a descent course, ejected from the spacecraft, and landed using a parachute.

If that is not enough, this photo is also very rare. Gagarin died less than 7 years after his flight. He also managed to scar his handsome face two months after this photo was taken on 3 July 1961. So this photo is the best representation of his appearance during the notable time that we may ever get.

Articles in which this image appears

Yuri Gagarin + 2 others

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Science and engineering or Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military

Creator

Original: Arto Jousi

Alt 1: Arto Jousi; restored by Adam Cuerden

Support Alt 1 as nominator – --- Coffeeandcrumbs 07:05, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- I should note, if you edited the original beyond the crop, you really should add yourself to the credits.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Cuerden (talk • contribs) 03:11, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - I only tilted it 3° which is not much different than cropping it. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:21, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 Geoffroi (talk) 09:14, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I've done a restoration. Support Alt 1 Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 6.7% of all FPs} 21:06, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you! Sorry for the impatience. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:07, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 – Bammesk (talk) 02:49, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1. MER-C 16:44, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 Mattximus (talk) 21:34, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1 very nice work on the restoration. --Pine (✉) 06:31, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alt 1.--Vulp here 14:41, 26 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Support alt 1 - DannyS712 (talk) 08:01, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Yuri Gagarin (1961) - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 07:22, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]