After World War II, Yuri’s father Alexei disassembled the family home and moved it to Gzhatsk (now Gagarin), where it ... his instructor copilot hit the trees. He is one of history’s bravest ...

“All these berioza [birch] trees are growing where ... In 1945 Gagarin’s family moved to the village of Gzhatsk (now called Gagarin City), where Yuri completed his primary education.

Some 64 years ago to the day - April 12, in 1961 - Yuri Gagarin rocketed into space as ... tragic event that profoundly impacted her and her family.

These three space farers — Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov, and Mark Vande Hei — surely felt the presence of Yuri Gagarin. And before they left Earth last Friday, they paid tribute to that ...

Epic journey: Yuri Gagarin ... of Yuri Gagarin’s journey into outer space and of his subsequent visit to Sri Lanka. Following in Gagarin’s footsteps, Lyakhov will travel to Kandy and the spot where ...

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, then 27, became the first human to enter space on April 12, 1961, in a mission seen as one of Russia’s – and humanity’s – greatest achievements. At the time ...