On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin lifted off from Baikonur in the Vostok I capsule, becoming the first human in space. A year later, Soviet engineers described a space station comprised of modules ...
To reach polar orbit from Florida—a trajectory SpaceX reopened in 2020 after a 50-year hiatus—the Falcon 9 rocket carrying ...
The cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the first human ever to enter space. From humble beginnings ... orbiting the globe once in his craft, Vostok 1. Officially, he came back to ...
Twenty years to the day since Yuri Gagarin flew in Vostok 1, the world’s first reusable spacecraft – and the most complex spacecraft ever built – was launched into orbit by the US.
From the lunar landing to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, here are some bold space missions in history.
including those onboard the International Space Station. To date, the highest inclination achieved by human spaceflight has been the Soviet Vostok 6 mission, at 65-degrees, in 1963." Need a break?
SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission is set to launch toward a polar orbit on March 31, which will be a first for human ...