Yuri’s Night Starts Tomorrow Night!

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By Jason Cranford Teague April 11, 2011 | 8:15 am | Categories: Science and Education



Yuri's Night 50th Anniversary


Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight. On April 12th, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was launched aboard the Vostok 1 to orbit the earth and return safely. Since 2001, April 12th has been celebrated as Yuri’s Night. A couple of months ago, I told you how you could start your own Yuri’s Night party. There are now over 425 parties around the world this week — including virtually in Second Life — which is a new record for the event.

Although it’s probably a little too late to plan your own party, there’s plenty of time to find one to attend. Some of the parties were this past weekend, but most are tomorrow night through this coming Saturday. Check out the Yuri’s Night listings either using a handy event map or consult the event list.


http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/04/yuris-night-starts-tomorrow-night/

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1. Gagarin's Final Words before flight: Is Sausage Packed?

Mon Apr 11, 2011 09:09 AM ET
Content provided by AFP


One of the last things Yuri Gagarin did before making his pioneering voyage into space 50 years ago was make sure he had enough sausage to last him on the trip back home to Moscow.

This tidbit was among more than 700 pages of once-secret material linked to the life and times of the world's first spaceman that were released by Russia ahead of the April 12 anniversary.

The historic space shot turned Gagarin into an instant celebrity whose boyish charms became a powerful propaganda weapon for the Soviet Union as it scrambled to win its ideological battle against the United States during the Cold War.

His boy-next-door grin and outsized helmet became a staple of Soviet stamps while his heroism turned into a subject of elementary school literature that became comparable to the teachings of Lenin.

more

http://news.discovery.com/space/yuri-gagarin-space-final-words-110411.html

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5. People understood priorities back then

now it would be "will my cellphone get reception in space?"

/actually that's a good question. Hmm . . .

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2. Wouldn't that make it 60 years?

My anger this a.m. making my mathematically challenged disability a bit more foggy than usual.

:think:

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3. they had the date wrong, it is 1961 n/t

[CantAffordBootstraps]

4. That's too bad...

Cause that kind of math would make me 40 again! woo hoo!!!

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6. K & R n/t

[Starry Messenger]

7. k&r

[sakabatou]

8. Thought it was something else

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9. Don't worry, at least one person got it

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