http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12895822#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa The latest stories from the Gagarin 50 years on section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:16:22 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12895822#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 120 60 15 A statue celebrating Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the Earth, is unveiled on The Mall in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14138879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14138879 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:12:19 GMT Space exploration remains a priority for Russia, President Medvedev says, on the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13046190#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13046190 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:39:36 GMT The Californian SpaceX company says it plans to launch the most powerful expendable rocket since the Apollo era in early 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12975872#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12975872 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:31:38 GMT The agency responsible for formulating and implementing British policy in orbit formally comes into being. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12924060#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12924060 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 02:31:53 GMT A movie is made on the space station that tries to show what Yuri Gagarin might have seen on his historic first flight around the Earth in 1961. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12808771#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12808771 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:31:56 GMT A graphic novel written by Wiltshire space enthusiasts about Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is condemned as propaganda in Russia. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12883725#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-12883725 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:11:34 GMT Scientists mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by launching an appeal for memories of Yuri Gagarin's visit to the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12661377#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12661377 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:05:05 GMT A look inside Star City, where Russian cosmonauts train to go into space - just as Yuri Gagarin did. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041143#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041143 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:16:30 GMT Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams talks about training for her 2006 trip to the International Space Station, where she lived for six months. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12844639#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12844639 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:19:22 GMT A visit to the birthplace of the world's first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12939457#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12939457 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:28:28 GMT Former Nasa mission controller Jim Oberg explains what happened to cause the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia on re-entry in February 2003. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12892548#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12892548 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:03:10 GMT Alexei Leonov, the first man ever to walk in space and a close friend of Yuri Gagarin, reveals his memories of the world's first space flight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041145#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041145 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:17:11 GMT Charlie Duke, Lunar Module Pilot of the Apollo 16 mission, talks about his astronaut training, his memories of the Moon and his thoughts about the future of US space flight. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11720306#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11720306 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:22:50 GMT Yuri Gagarin, the first person to go in space, was interviewed by British journalists while on a visit to London in July 1961. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12983333#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12983333 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:40:28 GMT Charlie Duke is one of only 12 men to have walked on the Moon - and two years before his Apollo 16 mission, he played a major part in the first moon landing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11671316#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11671316 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 09:24:40 GMT The first cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, visited Britain three months after his space flight, between 11-14 July 1961. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12983332#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12983332 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:38:10 GMT BBC aerospace correspondent Reg Turnill reports from a mock-up of the Apollo 1 capsule at Nasa's Mission Control on how three astronauts were killed in a fire. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12804764#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12804764 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:29:56 GMT Yuri Gagarin's niece Tamara Filatova recalls the day her uncle became the first man in space. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12939455#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12939455 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:28:23 GMT It is 25 years since the Nasa space shuttle Challenger was destroyed shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew on board. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12298520#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12298520 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:20:52 GMT How do you get ready to go into space? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12969593#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12969593 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:34:22 GMT The early days of the space race http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12953807#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12953807 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:02:14 GMT Memories of Yuri Gagarin's tour of UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12993533#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12993533 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:42:15 GMT Age questions over astronaut's Moon flight http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12344613#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12344613 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:26:56 GMT Charles Duke tells how he walked on the Moon http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11656790#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11656790 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:48:31 GMT Reflections on the pioneering days http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9420752.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9420752.stm Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:00:08 GMT What are the prospects for interstellar travel? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2011/03/future-gazing-the-prospects-fo.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2011/03/future-gazing-the-prospects-fo.shtml Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:54:51 GMT Chasing the dream of human spaceflight http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2011/01/chasing-the-dream-of-human-spa.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jonathanamos/2011/01/chasing-the-dream-of-human-spa.shtml Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:53:36 GMT The success and drama of first manned mission http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12380744#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12380744 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:58:42 GMT Will spaceflight always be dangerous? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12880403#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12880403 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:08:26 GMT Three decades in pictures and video http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14056002#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14056002 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:33:58 GMT What if the Soviet Union had beaten the US to the Moon? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041326#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041326 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:09:58 GMT Who wants to be a cosmonaut when they grow up? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041329#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13041329 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:16:25 GMT Daughter of Yuri Gagarin says her father wanted to go back to space http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12996924#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12996924 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:10:19 GMT A glimpse inside Virgin Galactic's passenger spaceship http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12909071#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12909071 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:18:17 GMT Humble beginnings of the first man in space http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12875848#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12875848 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:57:05 GMT The life of the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12460720#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12460720 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 22:57:55 GMT Remembering the Challenger shuttle disaster in 1986 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12306318#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12306318 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:55:56 GMT US pledges more money for commercial rockets http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12461058#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12461058 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:56:36 GMT Plans for flying manned mission around Moon http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11304559#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11304559 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:50:53 GMT Russian puts finishing touches to new spacecraft design http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10725093#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10725093 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:24:51 GMT