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"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin launched into the great beyond, becoming the first human ...

That’s what Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin yelled when his rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan. It means “Let’s go!” Despite American attempts to catch up to the ...

MINSK, 26 April (BelTA) – I am planning to visit the birth place of Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut of sovereign Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya said at a meeting with young people at the National ...

On this day 64 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to journey into outer space. A few months after achieving this historic milestone, Gagarin arrived in India to a rousing ...

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture into space on April 12, 1961. What Happened: Gagarin achieved many firsts on that day — including becoming the first person to orbit the ...

Fifty years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to enter outer space. In doing so, he didn’t just take humanity into a bold new era of exploration – he also got to see our ...

April 12, 1961, was a day that changed the future of the world and sparked a new area of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was on that day that a brave young Russian ...