Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla suited up for his maiden mission to Space Station as the Axiom-4 crew completed their ...

The wall in the Zvezda module, used as a backdrop for ceremonial photos, used to be a place to honor Russian space greats like Yuri Gagarin (at ... inside the suit, mounted antennas on the helmet ...

President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated National Astronaut Day on the 64th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first ...

Egypt paid tribute to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into space, with a series of events in Cairo and Alexandria on 12 April to mark the International Day of Human Space ...

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space from this pad. The Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was also launched from this pad. After mulling over an upgrade ...

One month earlier on April 12, 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space when he orbited Earth at an altitude of 187 miles aboard Vostok 1. "Sixty-four years ...

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to journey into space from this pad. The Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was also launched from this pad. After mulling over an upgrade, ...