Dr. Bernard Harris became the first Black man to do a space walk. His family watched nervously seeing him take off into space ...

More than 60 years on from the man's first flight into space, rumors about accidents that allegedly preceded Yuri Gagarin's mission are still abound.

In Photos: Yuri Gagarin, First Man in Space Related: 25 Space Conspiracies That Just Won't Die And yet, before he even embarked on his journey skywards, doubt was seeded in many a person's mind.

STAR CITY, Russia — It was the Soviet Union’s own giant leap for mankind, one that would spur a humiliated America to race for the moon. It happened 50 years ago this Tuesday, when an air ...

'First Man' is a movie steeped in even more space history than audiences might be aware. Here's a look at the hidden details, or "easter eggs," that maybe only eagle-eyed space geeks might notice.

Today I found out that the first man to walk in space almost got stuck out there. That lucky individual was Alexei Leonov, who was born in the Soviet Union on May 30, 1934. He was one of the ...

He’s the man we should send into space first,” he told them. It also helped that Gagarin was, at 157 centimetres, quite short. Korolev’s Vostok 1 space capsule was very cramped.

What makes First Man resonate for our time is the sense of familial sacrifice. The courage of living with someone who risks his or her life for a living is seldom mentioned but it is those men and ...