The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first ... orbiting the globe once in his craft, Vostok 1. Officially, he came back to Earth in his capsule. Though it subsequently emerged ...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to enter space ... He would become a star after the launch of the Vostok space capsule on April 12, 1961. Gagarin’s physique was perfect for the ...

PARIS, April 8. /TASS/. The world’s first human in space Yuri Gagarin remains an example for all the generations of cosmonauts, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told TASS on Thursday. "For all of ...