Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight aboard Vostok 1 was far more dangerous than the world was told. Hidden failures during reentry nearly turned humanity’s first step into space into a fatal disaster, ...

Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, but Vostok 1’s return nearly spiraled into catastrophe, with a malfunction, a delayed separation, and a last second ejection. Then came the paperwork, the ...

Fifty years ago on April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, ushering in the era of human spaceflight. The rocket carrying Gagarin's Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted ...

Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Air Force pilot from a peasant background, was selected in 1960 to become the first human in space, embodying a specific Soviet ideal for propaganda purposes. On April 12, 1961, ...

On April 12, 1961 the first human flew in space. “I see Earth! It is so beautiful!" said 27-year old Yuri Gagarin, the Russian cosmonaut who was chosen among thousands for the mission. The flight ...

SPACE travel has changed a lot since the Soviets launched the first man into space in 1961. Since then, mankind has landed 12 people on the Moon and invented rockets with high-tech reusable parts. How ...

NEW YORK - A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during ...

A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during Sotheby’s auction ...

SPACE travel has changed a lot since the Soviets launched the first man into space in 1961. Since then, mankind has landed 12 people on the Moon and invented rockets with high-tech reusable parts. How ...

NEW YORK - A vintage Vostok space capsule is headed back to its homeland with its new Russian owner, who bought the relic of the early days of human spaceflight for nearly $2.9 million during ...