Achilleus-Chud UchegbuNot many remember Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin. But Russia does. The space world does, and all who are involved in studies and operations about space travel and technology remember ...

On 12 April 1961, the Soviet pilot named Yuri Gagarin embarked on a journey into space, the first one in human history. It ...

On 12 April 1961, exactly 65 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first human spaceflight in history, ushering ...

Representatives from all republics of the USSR worked on the first human spaceflight. The contribution of Belarusians was ...

A total of 500 drones lit up the sky in the shape of a rocket launch in Russia’s Veliky Novgorod on Monday (April 12) to mark the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight. Gagarin ...

What really happened when Yuri Gagarin fell to Earth?

Vostok-1, the first manned spaceship, landed empty, as Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made an early exit via parachute and touched down a few kilometers away. AFP/Getty Images The “space race” of the ...

Today is an important day for space exploration. Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), the first human in space and the first to orbit Earth, was launched on April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1. The Soviet cosmonaut ...

Fifty years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter outer space. In doing so, he didn’t just take humanity into a bold new era of exploration – he also got to see our ...

The Russian House in Dhaka inaugurated the Gagarin Science Festival 2026, marking the 65th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s ...

A total of 500 drones lit up the sky in the shape of a rocket launch in Russia's Veliky Novgorod on Monday (April 12) to mark the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic space flight. Gagarin ...

On the morning of April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin fell out of the sky onto a quilt of farmland growing wheat and rye in the Russian village of Smelovka. He unhooked his parachute and strolled, waving, ...