April 12, 2011. This is the 50th anniversary of the the first human space flight. The person who embarked on this challenging mission, which lasted for 108 minutes, was a young Russian pilot, Yuri Gagarin. The date was April 12, 1961. Organisations all over the world are being formed to celebrate the event. Some notable examples are:
1. Yuri Gagarin50 which has been established in the UK with an informative website- http://yurigagarin50.org/
2. In russia, 50 years of the First Human Space Mission. http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?lang=en
Let us look forward to great Gagarin days ahead.
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