float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission, part of the Soviet Union’s attempt in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 ...

for the 3 space stations he stepped into, for the 3 times he left the station to walk into the icy vastness outside. Vladimir Lyakhov in Colombo this week. Epic journey: Yuri Gagarin, first man in ...

The backdrop for this ground-breaking achievement was the USA's Cold War "space race" competition with the Soviet Union, which had itself become the first nation to put a man — Yuri Gagarin ...

In Borman's view, "they beat us to the punch first off. Yuri Gagarin, the first human to orbit ... they beat us to a space walk ... the first woman in space, the first multiple crew in space." ...

AlMansoori and AlNeyadi pause for a thumbs up during training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia. Photograph courtesy Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre and GCTC Discover more ...

I recently visited Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, and saw a replica of the re-entry capsule used in the first human spaceflight in history. Yuri Gagarin ...

The race to get the first person into space was eventually won by the USSR, when Yuri Gagarin became the first ... became the first person to perform a space walk. The American space programme ...

TASS/. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) honors Yuri Gagarin as the first person in space, the agency said on Twitter. "We celebrate the International Human Space Flight ...

Read also Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic spaceflight marked in Russia and worldwide "The illustrated album will be called Man and Space. Its release will be timed for the anniversary of ...

In Borman's view, "they beat us to the punch first off. Yuri Gagarin, the first human to orbit ... they beat us to a space walk ... the first woman in space, the first multiple crew in space." ...