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Watch: Man Tries To Send Kebabs To Space. Then This Happens
A kebab enthusiast in Turkey celebrated the 61st anniversary of the first human spaceflight by trying to send the cooked meat dish to stratosphere. A video of his celebration has gone viral on the Internet, despite the attempt failing.
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Russia Races Tom Cruise And Elon Musk For First Movie In Space
Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, earning Moscow a key win in the Cold War, Russia is again in a space race with Washington.
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Caviar iPhone Editions Pay Tribute to SpaceX, Blue Origins Founders Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos
Caviar, a luxury iPhone cover maker headquartered in London, has unveiled its latest series of special edition iPhone handsets dubbed Space Conquerors. Paying homages to space exploration over the years and iconic personalities such as Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong, the new collection of iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max marks the 60th annivers...
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Must Remain Space Power: Putin On 60th Anniversary Of Gagarin Spaceflight
President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for Russia to remain a great power in space, as the country celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first person in orbit.
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Soyuz Capsule Honoring Yuri Gagarin Docks With International Space Station
A three-man crew docked at the international Space Station Friday after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Soyuz Rocket Honours Yuri Gagarin’s First Space Travel, Successfully Carries Three-Man Crew to ISS
A three-man crew with US and Russian astronauts docked at the International Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Soyuz Crew To Blast Off And Mark 60 Years Of Yuri Gagarin's Spaceflight
A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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It's 'Goodbye Gagarin' As Paris Suburb Razes Communist Housing Estate
For decades a hulking housing estate on the edge of Paris was a red-brick symbol of Communist Russia's promise to workers of the world, but on Saturday residents and local officials will gather to say goodbye to a building that has been left behind in a rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood.
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Space Pioneer Yury Gagarin Killed In Plane Crash 50 Years Ago
The first man in space, Russian Yury Gagarin, was killed in a mysterious plane crash a half-century ago, just seven years after his historic feat, a Soviet-era propaganda coup.
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One Of First Soviet Cosmonauts, Viktor Gorbatko Dead At 82
Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, a colleague of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, died Wednesday at the age of 82, Russia's space agency said.
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'First Protest In Space' Targets Trump With An Astronaut's Famous Words
On Wednesday, 56 years to the day after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, a Phoenix-based collective called the Autonomous Space Agency Network launched a weather balloon to about 90,000 feet. The balloon, Aphrodite 1, weighed a little over a pound and was inflated with 120 cubic feet of helium. Aphrodite 1's payload c...
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Russian Spacecraft With US Grandpa Onboard Docks at Space Station
The craft is decorated with a portrait of the first man in space, Soviet hero Yuri Gagarin, whose pioneering orbital flight was made nearly 55 years ago, on April 12 1961.
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Stephen Hawking Launches Biggest-Ever Search for Alien Life
Russian Silicon Valley entrepreneur Yuri Milner is funding the 10-year, $100-million (92-million-euro) project.
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Russia launches new Soyuz rocket
Russia successfully launched an upgraded version of its Soviet-design Soyuz rocket on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said.
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Russian rocket pioneer Alexander Soldatenkov dies at 86
Alexander Soldatenkov, a top Russian rocket designer who worked on the mission that made Yury Gagarin the first man in space, has died at 86, the space industry plant where he worked said.
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Watch: Man Tries To Send Kebabs To Space. Then This Happens
A kebab enthusiast in Turkey celebrated the 61st anniversary of the first human spaceflight by trying to send the cooked meat dish to stratosphere. A video of his celebration has gone viral on the Internet, despite the attempt failing.
-
Russia Races Tom Cruise And Elon Musk For First Movie In Space
Six decades after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, earning Moscow a key win in the Cold War, Russia is again in a space race with Washington.
-
Caviar iPhone Editions Pay Tribute to SpaceX, Blue Origins Founders Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos
Caviar, a luxury iPhone cover maker headquartered in London, has unveiled its latest series of special edition iPhone handsets dubbed Space Conquerors. Paying homages to space exploration over the years and iconic personalities such as Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong, the new collection of iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max marks the 60th annivers...
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Must Remain Space Power: Putin On 60th Anniversary Of Gagarin Spaceflight
President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for Russia to remain a great power in space, as the country celebrated the 60th anniversary of the legendary flight that made Yuri Gagarin the first person in orbit.
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Soyuz Capsule Honoring Yuri Gagarin Docks With International Space Station
A three-man crew docked at the international Space Station Friday after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Soyuz Rocket Honours Yuri Gagarin’s First Space Travel, Successfully Carries Three-Man Crew to ISS
A three-man crew with US and Russian astronauts docked at the International Space Station after a flight honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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Soyuz Crew To Blast Off And Mark 60 Years Of Yuri Gagarin's Spaceflight
A three-man crew will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday in a capsule honouring the 60th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becoming the first person in space.
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It's 'Goodbye Gagarin' As Paris Suburb Razes Communist Housing Estate
For decades a hulking housing estate on the edge of Paris was a red-brick symbol of Communist Russia's promise to workers of the world, but on Saturday residents and local officials will gather to say goodbye to a building that has been left behind in a rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood.
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Space Pioneer Yury Gagarin Killed In Plane Crash 50 Years Ago
The first man in space, Russian Yury Gagarin, was killed in a mysterious plane crash a half-century ago, just seven years after his historic feat, a Soviet-era propaganda coup.
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One Of First Soviet Cosmonauts, Viktor Gorbatko Dead At 82
Soviet cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, a colleague of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, died Wednesday at the age of 82, Russia's space agency said.
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'First Protest In Space' Targets Trump With An Astronaut's Famous Words
On Wednesday, 56 years to the day after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, a Phoenix-based collective called the Autonomous Space Agency Network launched a weather balloon to about 90,000 feet. The balloon, Aphrodite 1, weighed a little over a pound and was inflated with 120 cubic feet of helium. Aphrodite 1's payload c...
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Russian Spacecraft With US Grandpa Onboard Docks at Space Station
The craft is decorated with a portrait of the first man in space, Soviet hero Yuri Gagarin, whose pioneering orbital flight was made nearly 55 years ago, on April 12 1961.
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Stephen Hawking Launches Biggest-Ever Search for Alien Life
Russian Silicon Valley entrepreneur Yuri Milner is funding the 10-year, $100-million (92-million-euro) project.
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Russia launches new Soyuz rocket
Russia successfully launched an upgraded version of its Soviet-design Soyuz rocket on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said.
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Russian rocket pioneer Alexander Soldatenkov dies at 86
Alexander Soldatenkov, a top Russian rocket designer who worked on the mission that made Yury Gagarin the first man in space, has died at 86, the space industry plant where he worked said.
