Life Magazine Cover - August 24, 1962
Item
Title
Life Magazine Cover - August 24, 1962
Description
The cover of Life Magazine from August 24, 1962, picturing an illustration Robert McCall of Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 in orbit of the Earth as the Sun rises. Vostok 3 and 4 were Soviet space capsules containing cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich respectively, intended to test the human body's ability to function in space. Text at the top of the cover reads, "RUSSIA'S FEAT. Where It Leaves Us in the Race to the Moon". Text on the left side of the page indicate other stories, such as, "The Squeeze on our Prosperity", and, "America's Cup Boats in Action: 14 Color Pages".
Publisher
Life
Source
From AMM's personal archive
Subject
The Way the Crow Flies
