It’s been 60 years, to the day, since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel to space in a tiny capsule attached to an R-7 ballistic missile, a powerful rocket originally designed ...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1, completing a single 108-minute circuit. His flight was a Cold War triumph for the Soviet Union, sparking awe ...

Forty-seven years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside his Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched from the U.S.S.R. to become the first human to enter outer space. Celebrate "Yuri's Night" on April ...

Half a century ago, a Russian carpenter's son named Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, carving an indelible mark in human history and scoring the greatest Soviet Cold War success. The 27-year ...

Fifty years ago this week, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin blasted off into space, becoming an overnight star. Thereafter, the Kremlin scripted most of what was written about him.

I don’t believe in God, but I believe he can punish us,” Alexei Leonov says with a wan smile. It has been 30 years since his friend and fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin died in a MiG crash, and Leonov ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the morning of April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin fell out of the sky onto a quilt of farmland growing wheat and rye in the Russian ...

A metal fence around Manchester airport did not stop young Fred Garner from catching a glimpse of the man everyone was talking about in late 1961 - the first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. Mr Garner, now 77 ...