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March 1961 -- Mannequin Test Flight
Ivan Ivanovich -- the Russian equivalent of John Doe -- was the name given a mannequin launched in a Vostok spacecraft wearing a SK-1 pressure suit. After re-entering the atmosphere, Ivan was ejected from the capsule and parachuted to the ground near the Ural Mountains city of Izevsk. This sort of ejection-and-parachute system was used later by Vostok cosmonauts. More Views:
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