RUSSIA MARKS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SPACE FLIGHT

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a live televised hookup with the International Space Station in Kremlin in Moscow, April 12, 2006. In front of Putin seen a reprint of a 1961 newspaper with the first man in space Yuri Gagarin. Today Russia marks the 45th anniversary of the first space flight by Soviet spaceman Yuri Gagarin.(UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)