On this day, 60 years ago, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel to space. To remember this amazing pilot and his ground-breaking feat, Yuri’s Night is a yearly event ...

I recently visited Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, and saw a replica of the re-entry capsule used in the first human spaceflight in history. Yuri Gagarin ...

All plinth and no body: Belgrade's tribute to Yuri Gagarin has not been well received A tribute to the first man in space recently unveiled in the Serbian capital Belgrade has caused dismay ...

LJUBLJANA, October 18. /TASS/. A monument to the first man in space, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was unveiled on Tuesday in the Croatian capital city Zagreb to mark the 55th anniversary of the ...