Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first man in space on 12 April 1961. Major Gagarin orbited the Earth for 108 minutes, travelling at more than 17,000 miles per hour ...

Each iteration, from Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering SK-1 to the high-tech Orlan and EMU suits used on the International Space Station, tells a story of human ingenuity and our relentless pursuit of ...

The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings he would attain the rank of senior lieutenant fighter as a pilot in the Soviet Air ...

The Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) is a Russian facility responsible for training cosmonauts for their space missions. It is located in Star City, known in Russia as Zvezdniy ...

I recently visited Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, and saw a replica of the re-entry capsule used in the first human spaceflight in history. Yuri Gagarin ...

All plinth and no body: Belgrade's tribute to Yuri Gagarin has not been well received A tribute to the first man in space recently unveiled in the Serbian capital Belgrade has caused dismay ...

NASA astronaut O’Hara said Gagarin was the authentic pioneer of the space exploration. INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, March 9. /TASS/. Yuri Gagarin's first space flight drastically changed our ...