Yuri Gagarin became a global hero in 1961 when he became the first human to travel into space. But just seven years later, he ...

On this day in 1961, 27-year-old cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, become the first human in space. Last year, the 50th anniversary of that first flight, the United Nations declared the day International ...

Everyone knows the Wright brothers for their famous first airplane flight in 1903. But the inventor of the modern helicopter ...

to put into space a man, Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin. The first manned flight around our planet Earth was perceived as a common success of the entire Mankind and caused much exultation throughout the ...

40th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s and humanity’s first flight into space. Dubbed ‘Yuri’s Night’, organizers currently have planned 61 separate events in 28 countries on 6 continents.

Yuri Gagarin pictured beaming a few months after his successful one-orbit flight in 1961. AP Gagarin’s cancellation can be added to a long list of Russian or Russian-associated things that have ...

The stadium subject to the shelling was once named after Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to travel into outer space. His flight took place on April 12, 1961—61 ...

In 1961, Soviet Union pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history when he became the first person in the world to travel to space.

Gagarin’s eventual success in beating off 19 others to man the first flight owed as much to his physical characteristics as to his performance. Standing only 1.57m tall was an advantage in a ...