During the Cold War with the former Soviet Union, it was an orbit of the Earth which the average Joe considered space. Soviet Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space by that standard ...

The Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first person into space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12 1961. His time in space? One hour 48 minutes. The single orbit ...

Four spacefarers, including billionaire Jared Isaacman, are about to embark on what could become a defining mission to ...

Watkins and Lucile Bluford — the renowned publisher of the Kansas City Call whose nephew, Guion Bluford, in 1983 became the ...

Beyond Earth's atmosphere, into space, the USA and the Soviet Union fought each other during the Cold War. Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, when the ...

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who in 1965 became the first person in history to spacewalk ... At a time when the US and the USSR were jostling for space supremacy, Leonov's mission was lauded ...

Ultimately, Leonov will be remembered as the first person to walk in space. But if things had gone differently, the Russian might have become the first person to walk on the Moon. Read the story ...

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin turned in to an international icon when he became the first man to travel in to space 50 years ago. In her first interview with Western media, his daughter Elena ...

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space capsule and, tethered to it, float freely in orbit – to space-walk. He was pilot of the Voskhod 2 mission ...

The first married couple in space, Jan Davis and Mark Lee ... hard for men since low blood pressure causes the tissue in a man’s penis to shrivel, and male testosterone levels plummet in ...

The first man-made satellite passes overhead ... November 3: Sputnik 2 carries Laika, a female dog, into space. Although the satellite will remain in orbit for 162 days, scientists plan to ...

First Man takes minor liberties with the story, emphasizing Armstrong's humility and the emotional impact of space travel. Ryan Gosling's career is full of memorable performances, but one of the most ...