This week marks 50 years since Yuri Gagarin climbed into his space ship and was launched into space. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the World’s very first space man.
To mark this historic flight, Yuri’s Night and YuriGagarin50 teamed up with the astronauts onboard the International Space Station to film a new view of what Gagarin would have seen as he travelled around the planet.
Weaving these new views together with historic voice recordings from Gagarin’s flight and an original score by composer Philip Sheppard, they have created a spellbinding film to share with people around the World on this historic anniversary:
The First Orbit page on YouTube can be found here.
“Exploring the Final Frontier: Fifty Years On” with Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko
To mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin, Mikhail Kornienko will talk about his experiences of 6 months of living and working aboard the International Space Station.
Time & Venue: Thursday, 14th April at 7.30pm BST (14:30 EST) in the Mahony Hall, The Helix, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. (Find your timezone here).
The event will be streamed live online tonight from this page and also from the HEAnet website.
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