Universe Today
Today, April 12, is the
50th Anniversary of Earth's first manned spaceflight
by Hero Cosmonaut ,
Yuri Gagarin
of what was then the Soviet Union. He was strapped aboard the
Vostok 1 spacecraft
and blasted off to the High Froniter at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Roskosmos – the Russian Federal Space Agency – honors his memory with this stirring video tribute chronicling the
Flight of Yuri Gagarin
. The outstanding video is set to the song "Seed" with lyrics sung by the Russian Red Army Choir. Dramatic video clips show rare views of Gagarin in training, the actual launch day events and concludes with his grand reception.
Gagarin's smile
is infectious and the video brings him to life. Watch and enjoy – several times . And be prepared to journey back in time to the era of the Space Race and the Soviet Union.
Included below is another music video with more amazing videos clips from the Flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961and a brief video summarizing his all too short life. Gagarin would have been celebrating his 75th birthday on March 9.
Today, people around the globe will celebrate the historic occasion at over 500
Yuri's Night
Events. You can still join in the fun and attend. Find out how at the Yuri Night Website. Or join Ken in Princeton Junction, New Jersey for a free talk about Yuri and another historic space milestone, the 30th Anniversary of the first shuttle flight: STS -1.
And be sure to watch the new film First Orbit, steaming online, which recreates the view that Gagarin would have seen.
Send Ken your "
Yuri's Night"
event photos/report and any photos of Yuri Gagarin to publish at Universe Today. Email kremerken at yahoo dot com
Read more about Gagarin in my earlier stories:
Yuri Gagarin and Vostok 1 Photo Album – 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight
Countdown to Yuri's Night and the 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight !
Roscosmos website
Yuri's Night Website
Yuri's Night Party list
Yuri's Night Party with Ken in Princeton Junction, NJ, USA
First Orbit Website
STS-1 NASA Mission Website
Ken Kremer
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