Happy Yuri's Night!

[GordonD]

Today is 12 April, the day on which people all over the world celebrate the anniversary of the first manned spaceflight, in 1961. For many years this was known as Cosmonautics Day in the Soviet Union but has now become a world-wide phenomenon. So if you get the chance, raise a glass -- or at least spare a thought -- for Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, who truly did boldly go where no man had gone before.

 

[bootneck]

Thanks for the reminder.  A truly great and memorable achievement. 

 

Mike

[Eric Mc]

Also the 37th anniversary of the 1st Space Shuttle flight.

[GordonD]

34 minutes ago, Eric Mc said:

Also the 37th anniversary of the 1st Space Shuttle flight.

That's correct. And of course we lost John Young earlier this year. Happily Bob Crippen is still with us, (presumably) going strong aged 80.

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Yuri Gagarin vs. Darth Vader

[Koshey]

with the day of cosmonautics!
so it is called in Russia.

first person in space - Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, and everyone knows it ... but many people unfairly forget this day about the general designer - Korolev Sergey Pavlovich.

Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev are not separable in the importance of conquering space.

 

 

 

this is the first cosmonaut detachment

 

SP Korolev and the first detachment of Soviet cosmonauts, 1961, photo by Boris Kavashkin
(From left to right, sit - P. Popovich, V. Gorbatko, S. Khrunov, Y. Gagarin, S.Korolev, N.Koroleva with daughter Popovich Natasha, 1st head of the Cosmonaut training center E.Karpov, N.Nikitin, chief Department of Central Research Institute of Ecology, Ye.Fedorov.The middle row: A.Leonov, A.Nikolaev, M.Rafikov, D.Zaikin, B.Volynov, G.Titov, G.Nelyubov, V.Bykovsky, G.Shonin. Filatiev, I.Anikeev, P.Belyaev)

 

I congratulate everyone on the Cosmonautics Day! let the space of space will always be peaceful!