On April 12, 1961, a human went to space for the first time! Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet cosmonaut and the first person ...

Yuri Gagarin began as a young Soviet pilot from a humble background, but one dangerous mission turned him into the first human being to leave Earth. His 108-minute flight aboard Vostok 1 didn’t just ...

If you were to take off from Earth on a clear day – the kind you want for a launch – you’d see the sky change colours before your eyes. It would shine a bright blue outside your window, becoming ...