2:3 portrait Soviet propaganda poster. An R-7 rocket on the launch pad at Baikonur, pale gray with its four conical strap-on boosters around the central core visible. Bright orange and gold exhaust flames at the base. Upper right: a small Sputnik 1 satellite sphere with four whip antennas, surrounded by golden rays. Background: stylized red and gold dawn sky over the curving black silhouette of the Kazakh steppe. Top reads НАЧАЛО (The Beginning).

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The Beginning

1957 - Sputnik era

Soviet propaganda poster in the visual idiom of October 1957, celebrating the R-7 rocket that launched Sputnik 1 and started the Space Age. The R-7's signature architecture - central core surrounded by four conical strap-on boosters - has flown more than 1,900 missions in the 69 years since. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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