The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia's space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the ...

When Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in his spacecraft, Vostok 1, he was one of the most famous people on earth. The lesser known stories of his demise and the brains behind the technical ...

At age 27 on the morning of 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was helped into his spacesuit and made his way to the ...

He was replaced by deputy transport minister Dmitry Bakanov, who before joining the government had been in charge of a ...

There may be something about Earth’s remote places that root many of humanity’s greatest achievements in space. John Glenn ...

Amidst the Space Race of the 1960s, this Mazda aimed for the stars - paving the way for other rotaries in the Mazda orbit.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The Axiom Mission 4′s four members hail from the U.S., India, Hungary and Poland and will travel on Space X Crew Dragon ...

Vladimir Lyakhov in Colombo this week. Epic journey: Yuri Gagarin, first man in space Then another figure, 333 – the total number of days he spent in space. Lyakhov even has a joke about it – which ...

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 ...