Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin blasted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Vostok 1 capsule, notching a win for ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

64 years ago, a man born in a tiny Russian village to a carpenter and a dairy farmer spent 108 minutes looking down at Earth.

On April 12, 1961, a human went to space for the first time! Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet cosmonaut and the first person ...

A memorial dedicated to Russian pioneers of space exploration has been erected in New Delhi Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Michael Jeffries requires round-the-clock care because the 80-year-old has Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and the ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ...

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A sculptural plaque featuring Yuri Gagarin and fellow space pioneers was unveiled at the Russian House in Delhi. Ambassador ...

On April 12, 1975, the U.S. military evacuated Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of Operation ...

"On April 12, we celebrate space exploration, we call it 'Cosmonautics Day'. It was on this day in 1961, Yuri Gagarin took first human flight to space. It is of course an occasion to remember ...