Yuri Gagarin remains one of the most celebrated figures in the history of space exploration. Born in 1934 in a small village in the former Soviet Union, he grew up with a fascination for aircraft and ...

Fifty-five years ago today, the first human ever traveled in space. Russian cosmonaut — the astronaut version for the Russian Space Agency — Yuri Gagarin was only 27 when he made his historic ...

Fifty years ago on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ushering in the era of human spaceflight. The rocket carrying Gagarin's Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted ...

When Vostok 1's reentry went catastrophically wrong, Yuri Gagarin survived by ejecting from his capsule — a fact the Soviets ...

The life and times of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. See the full slideshow at Life. Where No One Had Gone Before America is proud of its space ...

Sixty years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space when he completed his historic orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961. It was an extraordinary achievement, but ...

On April 12, 1961 the first human flew in space. “I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" said 27-year old Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut who was chosen among thousands for the mission. The flight ...

“Let’s go! (Poyekhali!)” On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space, launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1). Yuri’s Night is celebrated every ...

During his fourth year at the Saratov Industrial Technical School, future foundry worker Yuri Gagarin tried to join the local flying club. But he couldn't. A directive from the leadership of DOSAAF ...

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The Space Foundation – an internationally-known space advocacy nonprofit based in Colorado Springs – found itself at the center of a social media firestorm after news spread online that it had renamed ...

Yuri Gagarin was the first man in outer space, when he orbited the earth in the first manned space flight exactly fifty years ago. Gagarin was for a brief time the most famous man on earth and hailed ...