The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the "R-7 ...

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in Earth orbit. Learn more about her life, career and ...

The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings he would attain the rank of senior lieutenant fighter as a pilot in the Soviet Air ...

Yuri Gagarin, the first human to orbit ... In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled the Soviet reaction to the moon race: "Our people were convinced ...

Getty Images Missions by Soviet cosmonauts including Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, worried the US It was in that year the Soviet Union made the first ever manned ...

Back in 1967, the Soviet Union celebrated its 50th anniversary ... According to the book Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin, when Yuri Gagarin and other senior technicians inspected ...

Leonov commanded the Soviet side of the mission ... Leonov became chief cosmonaut and was deputy director of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center outside Moscow where he oversaw crew ...

Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a Soviet Air Force lieutenant, was chosen to be the first human to travel into outer space. His spacecraft launched and landed on April 12, 1961, in an extremely risky ...

Rakesh Sharma's journey inspires generations to reach for the stars while staying grounded in purpose and simplicity.