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vtk_vr_bw_o_n (unnumbered, 1965 press (Novosti) photo) by Mike Acs

© Mike Acs, all rights reserved.

vtk_vr_bw_o_n (unnumbered, 1965 press (Novosti) photo)

Based on the stamped date on the verso, the photograph may have been released/re-released(?) in conjunction with the historic Voskhod 2 mission. Although I really don’t know my Vostok/Voskhod capsule interiors, other than there is indeed a lot of similarity, based on the central location of the apparent single ejection seat, I think this is a Vostok capsule, confirmed at the following links. I also think the ribbed surface of the helmet further supports this being Vostok.

The only other photograph of a legitimately similar/same(?) capsule is at the following delightful – and, although I don’t read Romanian – I think knowledgeable website:

stiintasitehnica.com/iuri-gagarin-cosmos/

Specifically:

stiintasitehnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/vostok-in...
Both above credit: “STIINTA TEHNICA” website

The image is also at the following. Fascinating reading as well:

www.thebooks.su/read/452908-starman-the-truth-behind-the-...
Credit: “books, E-library” website

I would think, maybe, this to be a training capsule. The helmet the cosmonaut/test subject is wearing certainly appears to be a training version. Check out the appearance of the “CCCP” stenciling job, it looks worse than some of the yard/garage sale signs I’ve made for my wife. Or maybe it was airbrushed in, although it looks 'organic' to the image.

vtk-mln_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1965 press photo) by Mike Acs

© Mike Acs, all rights reserved.

vtk-mln_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1965 press photo)

Superb ca. 1965 depiction of the Soviet Union’s manned Vostok spacecraft (top), the first to successfully sustain and return a human being in/from earth orbit, and an early Molniya, “Lightning”, (possibly “Molniya-1” series) military/communications satellite.

Artwork by the immensely talented John Desatoff, resident TRW graphic design artist/illustrator. Mr. Desatoff's works were featured in a 1968 Smithsonian Institute traveling museum/exhibition entitled “Exploring Space: Paintings by John Desatoff,” which now reside in the Institution's archives.

Rest In Peace Mr. Desatoff, and THANK YOU:

www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=john-j-...
Credit: Legacy website