Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, but Vostok 1’s return nearly spiraled into catastrophe, with a malfunction, a delayed separation, and a last second ejection. Then came the paperwork, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight changed the world, but the most dangerous moments happened during re entry, hidden behind decades of secrecy. From spinning capsules to falsified records, this is the ...

Whipping themselves into a Freedom Fries-esque fit of censoriousness, a space industry conference has removed the name of celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space ...

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 ...

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 ...

(SOUNDBITE) (RUSSIAN) COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN SAYING: ''I am immeasurably happy, that my dear homeland was the first in the human history to enter space.'' Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin won a place in ...

A bust of Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin in the Serbian capital of Belgrade has been removed just days after its erection - due to the size of its head. The bust of the first man in space had been ...

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 ...