On 12 April 1961, exactly 65 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made the first human spaceflight in history, ushering in the era of crewed space exploration and paving the way for the study of ...

As declared by the United Nations General Assembly, April 12 of every year is the International Day of Human Space Flight. This year marks 65 years since Soviet (Russian) cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became ...

UN Champion for Space Brian Cox marked the International Day of Human Space Flight by stressing that space technology is no longer science fiction but a critical tool for addressing global problems.

The Artemis capsule is expected to splashdown on Friday. Saturday, April 12, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event ...

Space exploration must remain a field of human cooperation, lucidity and the dignity of civilisation, cosmonaut Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu said on Thursday, in the context of the International Day of ...

MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. Russia celebrates April 12 as Cosmonautics Day, established under a decree by the USSR Supreme Soviet (the Soviet Union’s national legislature) of April 9, 1962 in honor of ...