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

Usually just a reserve, safety vehicle, the Soyuz TMA-2 -- based loosely on the same technology that sent Yuri Gagarin into orbit in 1961 -- is now Earth's only link with the $60 billion space ...

Gagarin’s historic mission on April 12, 1961 would be his only trip into space, in part because of his tragic death in a plane crash in 1968. Via NASA.

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, then 27, became the first human to enter space on April 12, 1961, in a mission seen as one of Russia ’s – and humanity’s – greatest achievements.

When Yuri Gagarin flew around the Earth in 1961, there was no video recording of what he saw — we only have an audio recording of his astonished observations.

The capsule landed 108 minutes later with Gagarin parachuting the final leg of the journey, the first man to have flown in space, the first to orbit our earth.I am among that generation of men and ...

Beat the Market With Our Free Pre-Market Newsletter Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961.

Sixty-two years ago today, on April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture beyond Earth’s atmosphere into space. The achievement rocked the world, not only ...

At 10:15 a.m. Moscow time, said Gagarin, he was over Africa, and the spaceship’s automatic controls signaled that back in Russia preparations were being made to turn on a braking device ...

Reading Gagarin's Autobiography In OrbitOn 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth in his Vostok spacecraft that launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, now in Kazakhstan ...

The world is celebrating a big date - the 90th anniversary of the birth of the first cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. He was the first man into space and will remain so forever.