First man in space: A 50-year-old feat remembered

Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 19:30 in Astronomy & Space

STAR CITY, Russia (AP) -- 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 force pilot named Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space....

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