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.

The world knows Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space—but few know about the dangerous spin that threatened his life on reentry. This video unveils the classified Soviet cover-up and the heroic calm ...

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 ...

This tradition, started by Yuri Gagarin, involves toys demonstrating microgravity and acting as emotional anchors. A soft white swan named Joy is all set to join the upcoming Axiom-4 mission, floating ...