Sixty years after Soviet cosmonoaut, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, murals, statues and other public art clearly demonstrate how he became one of the country's most admired figures.

Yuri Gagarin's spaceflight turned life in the Soviet Union literally on its head. Space exploration became the country's pride and joy, and a major theme in art, both official and unofficial.

Russians have been commemorating Yuri Gagarin's achievements 60 years after ... in Russia to this day and countless murals, statues and art pay tribute to him. On April 12, 1961, the Vostok ...

The device is really a piece of art." The Antikythera mechanism is ... The inside of Vostok, in which Yuri Gagarin circled the globe in on April 12th, 1961. The Globus IMP can be seen beneath ...

Art Bites brings you a surprising fact ... Also included in that show was a tunic worn by Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, with whom Leonov trained before his own mission.

on the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight of April 12, 1961. There were plenty of other things to celebrate, too, including robots, LED-illuminated hula hoops, LCD projector art and a total of ...

Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space ... one can find street art of him in Kyiv, and an old Soviet-era stadium is still called Gagarin Stadium by locals even after the name ...

The life and times of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. See the full slideshow at Life. Where No One Had Gone Before America is proud of its ...

The events, which are held every year on the anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first flight to ... Origin rocket flight 'Earth to Space' art festival set to launch at Kennedy Center ...

Barred from spaceflight after becoming the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin was 34 when he died in a routine training flight You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...