Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space, on April 12, 1961. Born on March 9, 1934, as a young man he experienced a meteoric rise from tradesman and tractor specialist to pilot, ...

He and Valya and their daughters enjoyed a life of privilege, but finally, his celebratory role began to wear thin. Yuri wanted to get back up into space. " being a cosmonaut is my profession, and I ...

The date April 12, 1961 looms huge in the space world. On this date, Yuri Gagarin became the first space traveler from earth. Almost a human lifetime ago, Yuri bravely strapped into his Soviet Vostok ...

In Cleveland, the event will hit the Great Lakes Science Center on Saturday. It marks the life and times of Gagarin, as well as the Space Age culture he inspired. Don't Edit The Science Center’s ...

Yuri's flight, front page of The Plain Dealer -- April 13, 1961 The flight turned Gagarin into an international celebrity. He appeared on front pages across the world. The Plain Dealer devoted a ...

Alice Gorman receives funding from the Australian Research Council for the International Space Station Archaeological Project. She is a member of the Advisory Council of the Space Industry Association ...

Thirteen years ago, BBC filmmaker Jamie Doran and I began an extraordinary journey into the heart of the early Soviet space program. We told Western audiences something of what really happened in the ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 5, 2011 file photo, an undated photo of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin and his wife Valentina is on a display at the upper house of Russian parliament in Moscow, ...

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human travel into outer space: his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.

Yuri Gagarin, the first person to fly into space, will be joining the three-member crew launching to the International Space Station this week, in the form of his smiling face decorating the side of ...

Queen Elizabeth II was stroked on the leg by the first human to travel to space in a breach of royal protocol, according to a biography. The Monarch, now 96, met Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin for ...