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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 ...

Photo by Magali Gauthier. April 12 marked an important anniversary for aeronautics: it’s the date that Yuri Gagarin became the first human ever launched into space in 1961. But this year ...

Russia has prided itself as a leading power in space since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space in 1961. But under Borisov's mandate, an uncrewed Luna-25 spacecraft ...