In April 1961, Yuri Gagarin climbed into Vostok 1 knowing that Soviet launches failed about half the time, then trusted ...

On June 19, 1963, two Soviet spacecraft named Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission. Vostok 6 was carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman ...

Before leaving Earth for the International Space Station (ISS) last April, three smartly dressed spacemen — Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov, and Mark Vande Hei — took time from their training to pause for ...

In case you weren't aware, today is the 60th anniversary of humans first leaving the Earth and venturing out into space. That first human was Yuri Gagarin, citizen of a country that's no longer really ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The former Soviet Union began manned space flight on April 12, 1961, when they launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into orbit around the Earth aboard ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Soviet space capsule sold for nearly $3 million at auction to a Russian businessman in New York, the 50th anniversary of Soviet ...