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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/soviet-space-capsule-up-for-auction.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Soviet space capsule Vostok 3KA-2 is being auctioned by Sotheby's (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-soviet-space-capsule-up-for-auction.jpg" alt="The Soviet space capsule Vostok 3KA-2 is being auctioned by Sotheby's (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>A Soviet space capsule that orbited the Earth with a mannequin and a live dog as a test run for the first manned space flight is being auctioned in New York.</p>
<p>The Vostok 3KA-2 is a twin of the spacecraft that carried cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on his first mission into space on April 12, 1961.</p>
<p>It made a successful orbit in about two hours and re-entered the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere 18 days before the manned mission.</p>
<p>Sotheby&#8217;s auction house is selling it on April 12, the 50th anniversary of the manned mission. It is estimated to fetch between £1 million and £6 million.</p>
<p>The instrumentation in the capsule&#8217;s interior has been stripped for security reasons.</p>
<p>Sotheby&#8217;s said the anonymous owner bought the capsule years ago.</p>
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