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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It happened when Earth was still in black and white: 50 years ago we stepped outside our home planet for the first time. This is the tale of the beginning of an adventure that hasn’t ended yet, the ...

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 ...

Wondering what the trip was like for Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in space exactly 50 years ago? Look no further than YouTube. On April 12, 1961, the Russian cosmonaut became the first ...

For more than five decades, humans have been suiting up and riding rockets to escape the bonds of Earth, but the anniversary of that historic first flight — which blasted off 51 years ago this week— ...

The era of manned spaceflight turns 50 years old Tuesday. On April 12, 1961, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space on the Soviet Vostok-1 rocket, setting a new precedent of ...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, on April 12, 1961. Born on March 9, 1934, as a young man he experienced a meteoric rise from tradesman and tractor specialist to pilot, ...

"They've got a man up there. It's Gagarin." With those fictionalized words (see video below), spoken by actor Jeff Goldblum in Philip Kaufman's terrific 1983 screen adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The ...