It might be another conspiracy theory, but the saga of the lost Soviet cosmonauts has persisted for many years, largely ...

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While IAF Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way to the International Space Station (ISS) for the Ax-4 mission, it is important to remember the man who started it all. Wing Commander Rakesh ...

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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 ...

Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet cosmonaut and the first person to orbit the Earth. This was the Soviet Union's next big move in the "space race" after it launched the first satellite, Sputnik ...

The life and times of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. See the full slideshow at Life.

Vostok-1, the first manned spaceship, landed empty, as Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made an early exit via parachute and touched down a few kilometers away. AFP/Getty Images The “space race ...

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 competition between the two Cold War rivals ...