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| **50th Aniversary of Human Space Flight Stamps issued by UN Postal Administration |
A year ago, The United Nations declared April 12th as the International Day of Human Space Flight. This day intends to "reaffirm the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples..."
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian Cosmonaut, became the first man in orbit the Earth aboard the Vostok 1. He orbited the Earth one time at an altitude of 187 miles (302kms) for about 108 minutes. His call sign was "Cedar" that means Siberian Pine. He reached a stable orbit 25 minutes after the launch.
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| *Yuri Gagarin |
Yuri Alexeyvich Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Kushino, a small village 100 miles west of Moscow. He started his military flight training in 1955 becoming a Senior Lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force at the age of 25. He was chosen for the Soviet Space Program in 1960 along with 19 other pilots. And, after 12 months of hard training he was selected for the first manned space flight. He was 27 years old, when he orbited the Earth.
On 2011, The film Fist Orbit was released. The film was a collaboration with the European Space Agency, and the 26/27 expedition crews of the ISS. The film mixes the audio records of the communications between Gagarin and the control station during the flight, and a video of the Earth taken from the ISS during a complete.
Sources:
Fist Orbit
Russian Archives Online
50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight
*image property of Russian Archieves Online
**Image property of United Nations
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