The era of manned spaceflight turns 50 years old Tuesday. On April 12, 1961, the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space on the Soviet Vostok-1 rocket, setting a new precedent of ...

MOSCOW, Russia — Crushed into the pilot's seat by heavy G-forces, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin saw flames outside his spacecraft and prepared to die. His voice broke the tense silence at ground ...

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It's 50 years since the first manned spaceflight. April 12, 2011 — -- Yuri Gagarin. First man in space. For the rest of history his name will rank -- perhaps with Columbus, Magellan, Marco Polo ...

Forty-seven years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin inside his Vostok 1 spacecraft was launched from the U.S.S.R. to become the first human to enter outer space. Celebrate "Yuri's Night" on April ...

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 ...

Fifty-five years ago today, the first human ever traveled in space. Russian cosmonaut — the astronaut version for the Russian Space Agency — Yuri Gagarin was only 27 when he made his historic ...

Yuri Gagarin (March 9, 1934 - March 27, 1968) became the first human in outer space 50 years ago, on April 12, 1961, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth Credit: GETTY IMAGES ...