Jane Michale Jarre - Hey Gagarin! (morphing and 3D fractal animation by VJ Trueman)

2011 UN declares April 12 as International Day of Human Space Flight Topic: Yury Gagarin - first man in space On April 12, 1961, Gagarin performed space flight aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft, orbiting Earth in 108 minutes and landing safely near Smelovka village in the Saratov Region’s Ternovsky District. On April 12, 1961, Gagarin performed space flight aboard the Vostok-1 spacecraft, orbiting Earth in 108 minutes and landing safely near Smelovka village in the Saratov Region’s Ternovsky District. © RIA Novosti. 04:11 08/04/2011 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution at a special session on Thursday declaring April 12 the International Day of Human Space Flight. The resolution was initiated by Russia, which celebrates Causmonaut Day on April 12 dedicated to the historic first manned flight to space by Russia’s Yury Gagarin in 1961. “Fifty years have passed since that amazing voyage, but the legend of Gagarin’s courage and journey to the ’final frontier’ continues to be a source of inspi