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Yuri's Night is a global celebration of manned spaceflight and space exploration. Held annually on April 12, Yuri's Night commemorates the historic first flight of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, and the first launch of Space Shuttle Columbia exactly 20 years later.

Yuri's Night 2009 had 216 parties in 46 countries on 6 continents in 2 worlds on 1 planet.

How many will there be in 2010?


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In their own words : April 12, 1981

narrated by Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen ..
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:46:00 GMT

Vostok 1 history from Encyclopedia Astronautica

12 April 196106:07 GMTLanding Date: 1961-04-12 07:55:00Flight Time: 0.0750 daysFlight Up: Vostok 1Flight Back: Vostok 1Call Sign: Kedr (Cedar )Crew: GagarinBackup Crew: Titov, NelyubovLocation of Cap...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT

STS-1 history from Encyclopedia Astronautica

12 April 198112:00 GMTLanding Date: 1981-04-14 18:20:52Flight Time: 2.26 daysFlight Up: STS-1Flight Back: STS-1Call Sign: ColumbiaCrew: Crippen, YoungProgram: STSOf note: First rocketplane flight to o...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:13:00 GMT

Tribute to Yuri Gagarin

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)of the International Council of Scientific UnionsSeattle, WashingtonJune 25, 1971Speech given by John Young, NASA Astronaut It is my privilege to represent the U...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:58:00 GMT

"Someday, I am going to be part of that."

(courtesy of Loretta Hidalgo, co-founder of Yuri's Night)The following is a guest Blog from Hugo Delgado who was 19 years old when he worked the STS-1 launch at KSC. Please read it all the way through...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:29:00 GMT