On April 12, 1961, Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth aboard Vostok 1. The mission lasted ...

Yuri Gagarin returned from space a hero, but behind the celebrations was a cover-up the Soviet Union buried for a decade.

Yuri Gagarin and Gina Lollobrigida personified Peace and Love They were the first humans who opened up the road to space for the Mankind. Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova at a museum exhibit.

The first human in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who orbited Earth on April 12, 1961, aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft. This monumental achievement by the Soviet Union marked a pivotal moment ...

A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during Sotheby’s auction ...

Cosmonauts at the Yuri Gagarin Training Centre in Star City, Moscow Oblast, have a ritual – before being shot into God’s maw, they urinate against the tire of the truck that will take them to the ...

Click to open image viewer. A child's toy, a model of a spacecraft, would not seem to be significant in the history of aerospace technology. However, this model marks a milestone in the road to ...