Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to enter space more than 62 years ago. It was a massive propeller for technology we depend on today. The race into spa ce was intense between the US and ...

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 ...

OSLO, September 14 /TASS/. A monument to Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who was the first man in space has been unveiled in the Norwegian city of Bergen, which Gagarin visited in March 1964.

Vladimir Lyakhov in Colombo this week. Epic journey: Yuri Gagarin, first man in space Then another figure, 333 – the total number of days he spent in space. Lyakhov even has a joke about it – which ...

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history as the first person to walk in space. The spacewalk lasted 10 minutes. Also, on ...

The unveiling ceremony of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s bust took place in the ... who had built the road to space for mankind, consistently supported broad international cooperation in ...

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YURI GAGARIN, the first human to travel into outer space, was born on March 9 1934, so let’s celebrate his birthday by remembering the time he embarrassed a British Tory government simply by being ...

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, was chosen to be the first human to travel ... of the sorrow of a young man who was used as a weapon in the space race between the United ...

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...