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Yuri Gagarin: Soviet Man in Space

This silent archival film captures a series of rare and intimate moments featuring Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space. The footage shows Gagarin in a variety of ...
TASS

Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic spaceflight marked in Russia and worldwide

MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/. Wednesday marks the anniversary of the first manned flight to space, performed by Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961. The date is celebrated as the Cosmonautics Day in Russia and ...
Westword

Photos: Yuri’s Night celebrates the first human space flight at NORAD

Sure, you remember Neil Armstrong, but are you also a fan of Yuri Gagarin? The Russian cosmonaut became the first human to orbit in space when he flew the Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961. On the ...
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See the beauty of space, captured by the astronauts who experienced it

A new book and documentary from James Bluemel tells the story of the space race so far in photographs, a mix of images from ...