April 12, 2019
Categories: History, Russia

Mankind always dreamed of overcoming gravitation.

But it was only in the 1961 that this dream was to become reality.

On the 12th of April the spaceship «Vostok-1» was launched into space with Yuri Gagarin on board and after orbiting our planet successfully returned to the Earth.

It was 108 minutes that changed the world!

From RussianSpaceNews.com team we congratulates all professionals of space industry and just the fans with a Cosmonautics Day!

c1f7d786c419325c95c596615032a07e

pervyi-polet-cheloveka-v-kosmos-ili-108-minut-uriya-gagarina-pmebrx

5642cfcfc4618879218b465a

a267c81a13939679384358d921653ba8

More from this category:
April 5, 2013

Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia” has held training sessions on the International Space Station (ISS) crew training program in the Multi-Purpose Laboratory Module (MLM), as…

full story
July 16, 2013

Lavochkin Research and Production Association developing second Electro-L meteosat will receive the sample of operational Earth monitoring complex this month. After that specialists will be…

full story
August 27, 2014

ISS orbit was adjusted on August 27, at 12.37. The adjustment took place nominally. According to telemetry data ATV-5 cargo vehicle thrusters have been operating…

full story
October 13, 2020

Nauka (Science) module prelaunch preparation plan stipulates for cosmonauts trainings on module equipment. The launch of the module is planned for spring 2021. Last weekend…

full story
July 23, 2020

According to the ISS flight program Progress MS-15 cargo vehicle was launched by Soyuz-2.1a  from pad #31 of Baikonur launchsite on July 23, 2020 ,…

full story
August 22, 2019

On August 22, 2019 at 06:38:32 (Moscow time) the “Soyuz-2.1a” launch vehicle with the “Soyuz MS-14” spacecraft was successfully launched from the launch pad of…

full story
January 22, 2015

Russian automated station Venera-D initially planned to be launched in 2016 will be sent to space in 2025, – as stated in the theses by…

full story
December 12, 2013

American Company Lockheed Martin and British Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. got the contract for development of Mars landing probe and orbital device that will be…

full story