If there’s ever a clearer illustration of the critics against Theodore Roosevelt’s “man in the arena,” it’s Soviet space pioneer Yuri Gagarin and the naysayers who believe he wasn’t ...

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

It has been 30 years since his friend and fellow cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin died in a MiG crash, and Leonov still can’t reconcile the loss. “We were all fighter pilots. Every fighter pilot has ...

Radio reports identified the “cosmonaut” as Major Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, 27. According to the official announcement, the Vostok had blasted off from an unidentified launching pad at exactly ...

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 ...

The spacecraft, stuck in orbit since 1972 after an unsuccessful mission to Venus, plunged into the Indian Ocean.

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 training of astronauts for the Gaganyaan crew mission will resume in 2026, India Today reported. Last week, ISRO Chairman ...

The Baikonur Cosmodrome, a bastion of Soviet space exploration and the historic site where Yuri Gagarin, the first man in ...

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 ...