He was the face of the space race - until his life was cut short. This video uncovers the remarkable rise and tragic end of Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit Earth. From global fame to secretive ...

Egypt paid tribute to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into space, with a series of events in Cairo and Alexandria on 12 April to mark the International Day of Human Space ...

The Gagarin’s Start, also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5, holds deep historical significance. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space from this pad. The Earth ...

The Gagarin’s Start, also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5, holds deep historical significance. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space from this pad. The Earth’s first ...

and he spent his training period during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre in Star City, Moscow, Russia. Notably, at 39, he is the youngest to be picked as an ...

One month earlier on April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space when he orbited Earth at an altitude of 187 miles aboard Vostok 1. "Sixty-four years ...

with astronaut Yuri Gagarin aboard. Since that time, more than 11,000 satellites have been launched into orbit, with and without people aboard. Many of those satellites have long since burned up ...

It was Saturday, April 19, 1975. At 1:28:55pm IST, India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, from a remote Soviet cosmodrome. Built in just 30 months by a young team of Indian scientists, the ...

Gagarin, better known as “Alex.” Gagarin got less jail time than he had requested for. Designated Senior District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday sentenced Gagarin to one year plus one day ...