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 ...
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, but the full story of his return to Earth was quietly rewritten by Soviet officials. Decades later, declassified details revealed how close the ...
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 ...
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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 ...