Having ascended the British throne back in 1952, Queen Elizabeth II has had her fair share of meetings with foreign heads of state and other prominent figures. Over the years, she also had the opportunity to become acquainted with Russia, having both received the country’s dignitaries and even once paid a …
Read More »‘Fight with history has started,’ cosmonaut tells RT after Gagarin ‘canceled’
Russian Cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko has criticized as ‘indefensible’ this week’s removal of the name of the first human in space, legendary cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, from the title of a US space industry conference’s fundraiser. The erasure comes amid the global clampdown on all things Russian as the conflict in Ukraine …
Read More »Who’s afraid of Yuri Gagarin? State Department celebrates space day by ERASING first man in orbit
“Today marks 60 years since the first human was sent to space!” began the State Department tweet on Tuesday, accurately referring to the anniversary of the first orbital flight in 1961. Except then they went on: “On International #HumanSpaceFlight Day, we honor all U.S. astronauts who have ventured into space, …
Read More »‘May there be peace’: WATCH Yuri Gagarin’s iconic speech on 1st anniversary of his space flight, now IN COLOR
“I am grateful to those who invested their hearts, souls, skills, and hard work to fulfill this great mission,” Gagarin said in a speech that was first broadcast by Soviet television back in 1962, exactly one year after he became the first human ever to fly in space. The first …
Read More »From wood cabin to orbiting Earth: How Yuri Gagarin’s improbable journey into space defined a decade, but nearly ended in disaster
On 12 April 1961, his Vostok-1 spacecraft blasted off from its launch pad in the desert of Soviet Kazakhstan, propelling the 27-year-old more than 100 miles into the sky, and landing him in the history books as the first man to orbit the planet. The voyage turned the cosmonaut into …
Read More »Poekhali! Russian spaceship named after Yuri Gagarin blasts off almost sixty years after Soviet cosmonaut’s record-smashing flight
The spacecraft is expected to dock on its base on Friday, within hours of the launch, where the astronaut and cosmonauts will stay for 191 days in order to carry out dozens of scientific experiments and conduct at least two spacewalks. The manned capsule carrying the team is named after …
Read More »Gagarin’s grandson is working as a Director at the Khabarovsk airport
This is Yuri kondratchik occupying the position of General Director of JSC “international airport of Khabarovsk” and in charge of the new domestic terminal of the airport of Khabarovsk. Information was confirmed by the press service of the air Harbor, reports TASS. “Yuri Konstantinovich kondratchik is the grandson of Yuri …
Read More »Polina Gagarin stunned the bald head
Polina Gagarina decided on a bold experiment and appeared on the cover of a magazine with a shaved head. So, in his Instagram, the singer shared the cover of gloss, for which he had agreed to experiment with his vechnosti. Photographer Polina posed with an unusual hairstyle – the actress …
Read More »Polina Gagarin showed newborn daughter
Polina Gagarina told about the birth of her second child Polina Gagarina has published on his page in Instagram photo, the appearance who have been waiting for devoted fans of the singer: in the photo Pauline is depicted in the hands of her newborn daughter. By the way, media reported …
Read More »Rare pictures from the life of Yuri Gagarin. Photo
Today, March 9, would have turned 83 years old our first astronaut — Yuri Gagarin. Submitted photos from the personal life of the first man to conquer space. During his lifetime, and after the death of Yuri Gagarin’s sculpted image of the ideal man, the symbol of communism. But what …
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