Yuri Gagarin was the first man to ever step foot in space in 1961 but what happened six years later to cause his death at the ...

Soviet Union’s cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in history to travel to space. Lasting there for just 108 ...

64 years ago, a man born in a tiny Russian village to a carpenter and a dairy farmer spent 108 minutes looking down at Earth.

A memorial dedicated to Russian pioneers of space exploration has been erected in New Delhi Read Full Article at RT.com ...

The propaganda success triggered by Gagarin's orbit of Earth on April 12, 1961, was enormous. However, we forget that history ...

Michael Jeffries requires round-the-clock care because the 80-year-old has Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and the ...

A sculptural plaque depicting in bas-relief legendary cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin -- the first human to travel to outer space -- ...

A sculptural plaque featuring Yuri Gagarin and fellow space pioneers was unveiled at the Russian House in Delhi. Ambassador ...

On April 12, 1975, the U.S. military evacuated Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as part of Operation ...

Tom, Jimmy, and Tim Horn attended Easter Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton, Illinois, in 1959.