Yuri’s Night

In 2011, the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight, Yuri's Night organizers hope to register over 1,000 events worldwide

Yuri’s Night

Human Spaceflight became a reality 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1.” The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who took his place in history as the first human to leave the bounds of Earth and enter outer space. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin forever changed the world as we knew it. That day, the Cold War-era Space Race literally took flight as Gagarin became the first human to fly in space, piloting the Vostok 1 on a single orbit around space.

2012

Yuri’s Night celebration for 2012, sponsored by 2nd Tuesday Poetry Series on April 10, 2012, 7pm to  pm at Benbrook Library, 1065 Mercedes Street, Benbrook Texas 76126  There will be a reception from 7pm-7:30, followed by readings from Moon, the Eighth Continent and other space poetry. Seven of the local poets in the anthology will be there.

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