Russia on Monday celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first man in space, a major source of national pride for...
History
On the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space (first manned flight to space), NASA launched the first space shuttle flight on April 12...
On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its very first astronaut class. This dashing group of young men is known as the Mercury 7. They were all military test pilots...
April 3, 1973: Soviet Union launches Salyut 2 space station On April 3, 1973, the Soviet Union launched a small space station called Salyut 2. This was the...
