The past and future of space exploration at the ‘Beyond Planet Earth’ exhibit
The Vostok capsule, in which Yuri Gagarin embarked on April 12, 1961 to become the first person in space. This ...
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[VIDEO] Watch Yuri Gagarin’s historic orbital flight entirely in “First Orbit”
A few weeks ago I told you a bit about "First Orbit", a marvelous documentary by Christopher Riley which practically ...
31 reasons why Yuri Gagarin rocks
Today, we celebrate 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into outer space, thus becoming the first human being to do ...
NASA to announce permanent homes for retired shuttles
Exactly 30 years ago, the first orbital space shuttle launch took place, marking the start of a slew of successful ...
50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into outer space
Yuri Gagarin, a soviet astronaut was the first man to ever go into outer space, exactly 50 years ago, when ...
NASA to announce home of retiring space ships
Tuesday will mark the 50th year since human space flight, since the day Yuri Gagarin left Russia and became the ...
London celebrates Yuri Gagarin with statue
As long as space and science is concerned, April is clearly Yuri Gagarin month, the first man in space, celebrating ...
‘Yuri Gagarin’ blasts off to the ISS
It's a pretty busy period for the people over at the International Space Station (ISS). Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome last night ...
Yuri Gagarin’s historic first space flight recreated on video
While almost anyone in the world has an image in their head of Neil Armstrong making mankind's hugest steps, in ...