
Big Gear from The Old Days: The Lada Niva (Лада Нива)
Let's start off with the names of this little rugged off-roader / street fighter machine as the Lada Niva (Лада Нива) is known by different names. Some may know this...
Vostok 3 (Сокол (Sokol – "Falcon")) and Vostok 4 (Беркут (Berkut - "Golden Eagle")) from 1962 on one pin / badge.
The quality isn't great anymore, but think about the age of this little piece of art (and history).
Vostok 3 (Russian: Восток-3, lit. 'Orient 3' or 'East 3') and Vostok 4 (Восток-4, 'Orient 4' or 'East 4') were Soviet space program flights in August 1962, intended to determine the ability of the human body to function in conditions of weightlessness, test the ground control capability to launch and manage two separate, concurrent flights, and test the endurance of the Vostok 3KA spacecraft over longer flights. Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev orbited the Earth 64 times in Vostok 3 over nearly four days in space, August 11–15, 1962, a feat which would not be matched by NASA until the Gemini program (1965–1966). Pavel Popovich was launched on Vostok 4 on August 12, and made 48 Earth orbits. The two capsules were launched on trajectories that brought the spacecraft within approximately 6.5 km (4.0 mi) of each another.
More information on Vostok 3 and Vostok 4, Wikipedia page opens in a new window.
Tags: pin, lapel pin, znachki, badge, collectible, medal
Condition: D • Fair condition. This item displays noticeable wear but is still presentable.
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