As the Soviet Vostok 1 spaceflight began its descent back to Earth in April of 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin officially became the first human in space. However, in only a matter of seconds, his module ...

Public Service Broadcasting's The Last Flight tells Amelia Earhart's story through her diary entries, backed by masterfully composed instrumentation, and ...

The photograph taken by Lunar Orbiter 1 Aug. 23, 1966, of a crescent Earth above the lunar horizon, along with the digitized and enhanced version released Nov. 13, 2008, by the Lunar Orbiter Image ...

Embark on a cosmic journey with Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space! From his humble beginnings to the historic Vostok 1 mission, discover the man who took us to ...

For decades, Space has always been a fascinating subject for science enthusiasts. There are several facts about planets, stars, black holes, and galaxies that often intrigue us. Space travel has ...

When Yuri Gagarin smiled into the porthole and said, “Let's go!”, behind him stood not only the Vostok rocket, but thousands of engineers and their sleepless nights, hand-drawn calculations, and burnt ...

The Baikonur rocket and missile site in the middle of Kazakhstan is an area of some 90 kms in diameter which is leased to Russia until 2050. At its heart is the spaceport, and central to the spaceport ...

LONDON, April 9. /TASS/. Technology has advanced exponentially over the past 60 years, but whatever part of the Universe people will travel to, their achievements will be based on what Yuri Gagarin ...

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.