Cosmonautics Day is celebrated on April 12 each year in Russia. It is a holiday dedicated to the first manned space flight in 1961, when Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth on board the Vostok 1 spaceship.

Children watch rocket model launching in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 2024. A rocket model launch event was held here in celebration of Russia's Cosmonautics Day, which commemorates the first ...

MINSK, 12 April (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has extended greetings as Belarusians celebrate Cosmonautics Day on 12 April, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian ...

The filming of The Challenge by Russian director Klim Shipenko has come to an end, TASS reports. According to actress Yulia Peresild, who played one of the main roles in the movie, they lasted about ...

On April 12, the entire global community celebrates Cosmonautics Day. This year marks the 60th anniversary since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (pictured) became the first human to journey into outer ...

The idea of introducing this date to the calendar of the nation’s memorable events was proposed by the Soviet Union’s second cosmonaut to go on a space mission, German Titov MOSCOW, April 12. /TASS/.

The concert was opened by 96-year-old Alexandra Pakhmutova, composer and friend of Yuri Gagarin. A ballet with a robot from the premiere of the Bolshoi Theater Denis Rodkin, Dmitry Malikov hovering ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...