Lewis, a curator in the space history department at the National Air and Space Museum, has written Cosmonaut: A Cultural ...

At 0959 Moscow time came the news that the world was waiting for. The world’s first spaceship, Vostok, with a man on board, was launched into orbit from the Soviet Union on 12 April 1961.

Writer Jonathan Hickman's fascination with character parallels and Soviet history shines in this new comic issue. ...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off from Baikonur in the Vostok I capsule, becoming the first human in space. A year later, Soviet engineers described a space station comprised of modules ...

The Soviet Union was eager to have their cosmonaut in space first. Their choice for the extraterrestrial job was a young, 5’2” tall Russian military pilot. He would become a star after the launch of ...

She spent about 70 hours in the spacecraft Vostok 6, completing 48 Earth orbits. Photograph by Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images Not a bad idea. But there are considerations beyond the physical.

On April 12, 1961, the first human to reach space, Yuri Gagarin, launched on Vostok 1. Twenty years later, on April 12, 1981, the first Space Shuttle (STS-1), Columbia, launched from Florida. For ...

SPACE DIARIESThe International Day of Human Space Flight is observed on April 12th every year, to commemorate the humans ...

Robert O'Brien was recently appointed as the Director of the Center for Space Nuclear Research with the Universities Space Research Association.

The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings ... orbiting the globe once in his craft, Vostok 1. Officially, he came back to ...

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. From NASA: “His vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 kilometers per hour with the flight lasting ...

The landmark launch of Vostok on April 12, 1961 (Credits: REX/Shutterstock) US President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958 in response ...