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RUSSIA: COSMONAUT'S DAY
April 12 is celebrated as Cosmonaut's Day in Russia. It marks the
anniversary of the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin, who
piloted the spaceship Vostok I for a 108-minute Earth orbital flight
on this day in 1961. This is a day for speeches and educational and
cultural events.

Gagarin was called Columbus of the Cosmos, and his first words from space were "I see Earth. It's so beautiful."

More about the Russian space program.

Comments

I miss Mir

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I was so sad when Mir came down. The station had been flying since I was six years old. I used to want to be a cosmonaut and fly up there to see the world.