It might be another conspiracy theory, but the saga of the lost Soviet cosmonauts has persisted for many years, largely ...

Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space when he orbited Earth in 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 space capsule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Yuri Gagarin ejected from the spacecraft at 20,000 feet and thus did not land with the craft, technically, some say, not setting the record as per FAI rules.

Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin was the perfect poster boy for the Soviet space programme. The son of a carpenter, he was born in Klushino, Smolensk, 160km west of Moscow, in 1934.

Then, in 1961, 27-year-old cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, beating NASA's Alan Shepard by three critical weeks. Here, a celebration of a Russian genuine trailblazer.

Yuri Gagarin is celebrated as the first human in space - but history written during the Cold War may not tell the full story. This video digs into the facts, the rumors, and what the Soviet Union may ...

Yuri Gagarin was celebrated as the first man to orbit Earth. But he didn’t make a complete orbit, almost died due to equipment failures, and ejected too early — landing in a potato field.

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961.. What Happened: Gagarin achieved many firsts on that day — including becoming the first person to ...

National Archives and Records Administration The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union stepped up a gear on May 25, 1961, when American President John F. Kennedy announced that his ...