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09.03.2009, 12:38
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The whole world fell in love with Yury Gagarin minutes after he landed back on Earth. The man with the legendary smile, the first man in space would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March 9.
12.12.2008, 07:12
An auction of valuable Soviet space memorabilia has been cancelled in New York after Sotheby’s was unable to attract serious buyers. The move dashes hopes that rare documents relating to the golden age of space exploration might be returned to Russia.
09.03.2009, 13:24
Valery Tokarev, who spent 200 days in space, discusses the feeling of being in space on the anniversary of Gagarin's 75th birhtday, and also shares his thoughts on the future of space tourism.
12.04.2008, 17:15
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Forty seven years after Yury Gagarin first blast into space, Russians are celebrating the legacy of all their cosmonauts. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin’s Vostok 1 roared into orbit. A ceremony to honour the first space flight has been held in Moscow’s Kremli
27.03.2008, 05:33
It's 40 years since the death of Yury Gagarin – the first man in space and the first man to orbit the earth. Even after all these years, mystery still surrounds his death in a plane crash, including some wild claims of alien abduction.
19.08.2010, 08:04
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A small white doggie with a funny-looking muzzle and pointy ears is far from the image of a fearless trailblazer. However, that’s exactly how the first living being to travel around the planet and return safely looked.
14.09.2009, 11:46
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Ten years before the first man reached the moon, there was the first man-made object. September 2009 marks 50 years since a Soviet spacecraft touched-down on the lunar surface.
12.04.2010, 13:35
As Russia celebrates 49 years since the first manned orbital launch, head of the national space agency has outlined its immediate plans. He brings bad news for tourists and optimism for a Mars satellite sampling mission.
26.07.2010, 09:39
Ten years ago Russian life-support systems were installed in the International Space Station, which meant crew members could spend more time in orbit performing scientific experiments.
29.06.2009, 10:52
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Mysterious pictograms consisting of several circles have appeared on a wheat field in Southern Russia’s Krasnodar region. Was it someone’s joke or did aliens visit us?
Published: 12 April, 2009, 00:52
Edited: 08 March, 2010, 12:31
Space, the final frontier and the battlefield on which the Cold War was fought, has long been a beacon for mankind.
As the story goes, Sergei Korolev made the final selection of Capt. Gagarin the day he presented the space capsule to the five candidates for man's flight into space and chose him because he was the only one who took off his shoes before entering the capsule.