When Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in his spacecraft, Vostok 1, he was one of the most famous people on earth. The lesser known stories of his demise and the brains behind the technical ...

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.

1 (or Gagarin's Start) - the oldest launchpad at the Baikonur spaceport - is where the first artificial earth satellite and the Vostok spaceship carrying the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin ...