Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/miles-in-moscow-remembers-first-man-in-space Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story 50 years ago today, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to go to space. This afternoon, Miles talked to Hari from Moscow’s Red Square about Gagarin’s gutsy mission, the fate of the retiring NASA space shuttles, the future of space tourism and weightlessness.