WASHINGTON DC — Yuri Gagarin's training pressure suit is displayed in the newly opened Futures in Space exhibit hall at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The suit was worn by Gagarin, the first human in space, during his preparation for the historic April 12, 1961 Vostok 3KA mission that launched from the Soviet Union. The exhibit explains how Gagarin, a government employee and military pilot, became a national hero and symbol of Soviet space program triumph alongside other early cosmonauts. The letters CCCP on the helmet signify that Gagarin flew for the Soviet Union, and the dis

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