Before anyone knew whether a human body could survive space, Yuri Gagarin volunteered to find out. In 1961, he climbed into a tiny capsule with almost no control systems and became the first person to ...
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 ...
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 ...