Yuri Gagarin made history as the first human in space when he launched aboard Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. Celebrated worldwide as a symbol of Soviet space dominance, his legacy remains legendary. But ...

There’s nothing dumber than a technicality, especially when people are putting their lives on the line to do something incredible. If there’s ever a clearer illustration of the critics against ...

On this day in 1961, 27-year-old cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, become the first human in space. Last year, the 50th anniversary of that first flight, the United Nations declared the day International Day of ...

Whipping themselves into a Freedom Fries-esque fit of censoriousness, a space industry conference has removed the name of celebrated Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space ...

A space conference held in honor of famed Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin has been renamed because he was Russian. In a now-deleted announcement, the non-profit Space Foundation said that “in light of ...

April 12, 1961, was a day that changed the future of the world and sparked a new area of competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was on that day that a brave young Russian ...

The Space Foundation removed Yuri Gagarin’s name from an upcoming fundraising event after it received derogatory and anti-Russia comments on its social media accounts. The organization did not revoke ...

The Space Foundation – an internationally-known space advocacy nonprofit based in Colorado Springs – found itself at the center of a social media firestorm after news spread online that it had renamed ...