VIDEO: Russia remembers space race triumph

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

As Russia celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin, Professor Colin Pillinger explains why it was such a victory.

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