61 Years Ago, Yuri Gagarin Became the First Human to Reach Outer Space
13 Apr 2022, 00:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Today is the International Day of Human Spaceflight. On April 12, Yuri Gagarin went beyond our skies and became the first man to reach outer space
Salyut Became the World’s First Space Station Half a Century Ago
21 Apr 2021, 14:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Russia celebrates half a century since the deployment of the world's first orbital space station, the Salyut 1, a decade after it sent the first man into space
Russian Spacesuit Redesigned to Prevent Wearers From Taking That Good Luck Pee
30 Aug 2019, 15:30 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Sokol-M prototype was created by aerospace firm Zvezda and no longer features the V-shaped zipper that allowed astronauts to keep the Yuri Gagarin tradition