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Human Spaceflight’s Golden Anniversary

Posted by Danielle in News & Happenings, Perspectives, Picspam on April 12, 2011

Yuri's Night - 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight

Today is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight into orbit — the first human to orbit our planet. It’s also Yuri’s Night, a worldwide celebration of human spaceflight! Check out the link for a party near you!

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin

It is ALSO the 30th anniversary of the first space shuttle flight; you can see beautiful white Columbia below, awaiting her first launch. (I had a poster of this when I was in high school; put it on my ceiling so I could stare at it before I went to sleep.)

STS-1: First Shuttle Launch

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Russian Space Museum

Posted by Danielle in Museums, Exhibits & Parks on June 15, 2009

Yuri Gagarin welcomes you to the Russian Space Museum

EDIT, 7/19/2011: English Russia has put up quite the assortment of, erm, NSFW ads and posts on their revamped site, so although I will continue to provide a link to this article, I have also saved the post sans girly pics as a PDF for all-ages viewing. Download it here.

EnglishRussia.com presents over 70 photos of the Russian Space Museum, with many artifacts and mockups from the Soviet space age. Interesting stuff, enjoy! (The statue of Yuri Gagarin insists you enjoy your visit.)

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