Yuri's Night
Yuri's Night
is an international celebration held on
April 12
every year to commemorate the first human in space,
Yuri Gagarin
, and the first
Space Shuttle
launch.
Anniversaries
First human in space: In
1961
, on
April 12
, the first
human spaceflight
mission,
Vostok 1
, sent
Yuri Gagarin
to Earth orbit and returned him safely to Earth.
First Space Shuttle launch: In
1981
, on
April 12
, the first
Space Shuttle
mission,
STS-1
, launched the
Space Shuttle Columbia
to Earth orbit. The shuttle returned safely to Earth on
April 14
. The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia was
John W. Young
and
Robert Crippen
.
External links
Yuri's Night
*
Space Celebration Circles Globe
by James Bernard Frost, 2004 Apr 10, Wired News.
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