The Space Race

On 12 April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin launched aboard Vostok 1 and completed a single orbit of Earth in 108 minutes, becoming the first human to travel to outer space. Gagarin ejected and parachuted to Earth s…

On 20 July 1969, NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. Armstrong descended the ladder of the Lunar Module Eagle at 02:56 UTC and declared: "That's one small …