The rocket in question was driven by a powerful ... They had already launched Sputnik and sent Yuri Gagarin to orbit the Earth. All in all, the Russians seemed poised to send a man to the moon.

The wings allowed the rocket to generate lift when it reentered ... for 1946), its pilot could have potentially beaten Yuri Gagarin to be the first human in space by 15 years.

since the first human space flight was accomplished by Kononeko's compatriot Yuri Gagarin in 1961. One record that Kononenko has not beaten during his stellar career is the longest continuous stay ...

More animals would follow, and just three years later, in April of 1961, so would Yuri Gagarin, the first human ... in the event of a pressure leak. The rocket that lifted Laika to space was ...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off from Baikonur in the ... reached orbit unmanned atop a Proton rocket on April 19, 1971. The early first-generation stations were plagued by failures.

Satellite history is littered with "firsts." Many early space launches constituted key moments in the Cold War space race and ...

The head of the USSR's rocket programme in the 1970s ... to be one of the USSR's first class of 20 cosmonauts, alongside Yuri Gagarin who, in 1961, became the first person in space.

Photograph courtesy Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre They say it takes a village to raise a child, then imagine how many people it takes to raise a rocket ... at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut ...

Read on mos.ru to learn about the restoration of one of Moscow’s tallest monuments, what was special about this work, and why the titanium cosmonaut needs a hatch in the crown.

Getty Images Missions by Soviet cosmonauts including Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova ... Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. A powerful rocket - the Saturn V - carried the Apollo command ...

Kevin Smith’s ‘The 4:30 Movie’ is Both Sweet-Natured and Tacky. A semi-autographical coming-of-age... ‘The Substance’ Takes Body Horror to a Whole New Level and Meaning. Demi Moore gives ...

A small but poignant exhibition in Museum of Flight is dedicated to the first animals in space, providing trivia and archival ...