International Day of Human Space Flight

Before launching into space in 1977, the United States space agency, NASA, asked the United Nations to provide materials for a playlist to record an album – the " Golden Record " – to be sent to the stars. In fact, the first words on the vinyl record itself are those of the then- UN Secretary-General , expressing hope for peace and friendship with whoever discovers and plays it. If you visit United Nations Headquarters, a replica of the Golden Record is on display alongside other space oddities, including an actual piece of the Moon . Bill Nye, “The Science Guy” and CEO of the Planetary Society, walks viewers through how to decipher the Golden Record, its significance today and how reverence for the universe can inspire action for our planet. 

In 1977 and 1978, at the request of Grenada, the United N ations General Assembly took up The issue of UFOs . Included on the Assembly’s agenda for its 32nd and 33rd sessions was the item “Establishment of an agency or a department of the United Nations for undertaking, co-ordinating and disseminating the results of research into unidentified flying objects and related phenomena” . While draft resolutions sponsored by Grenada in each session were not pressed to vote and were not adopted, the world body did adopt decisions 32/424 and 33/426. In 1978, the General Assembly decided to invite “interested Member States to take appropriate steps to coordinate on a national level scientific research and investigation into extraterrestrial life , including unidentified flying objects , and to inform the Secretary-General of the observations, research and evaluation of such activities”. Find links to both Assembly decisions here , courtesy of Ask Dag , the service catering to inquiring minds

Jumping back further, United States astronauts fresh from a Moon walk visited UN Headquarters to much fanfare in August 1969.    United Nations News · CLIP - American astronauts of Apollo 11 visit to the United Nations, in August 1969

  Russia celebrates April 12th as Cosmonautics Day , established under a decree by the USSR Supreme Soviet (the Soviet Union’s national legislature) of April 9, 1962 in honor of the world’s first space flight by a Soviet citizen. The idea of introducing this date to the calendar of the nation’s memorable events was proposed by the Soviet Union’s second cosmonaut to go on a space mission, German Titov. Also, April 12 is the International Day of Human Space Flight (declared by the United Nations General Assembly session on April 7, 2011 in honor of the beginning of humanity’s space era). First crewed space flight On April 12, 1961 Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth. His spacecraft Vostok blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome to travel around the globe once. Gagarin successfully landed in Russia’s Saratov Region. His flight lasted 108 minutes. At the moment of blastoff Gagarin dropped a remark that instantly went down in history: "Off we go

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2024 Semana de la Cosmonáutica en la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (UAM) De martes 9 a jueves 11 de abril de 2024 De las 16:00 a las 18:30 horas UAM Unidad Iztapalapa por YouTube Proteda Uam Martes 9 de abril 15:45 hrs. Ingreso al auditorio. Tiempo para verificación de sistema de audio y video. 16:00 hrs. Inicio del evento. 16:00 hrs. Bienvenida al evento, palabras del presidium. 16:20 hrs. Declaratoria de Inauguración del evento a cargo de nuestras autoridades universitarias. 16:25 a 17:15 horas. Dr. Salvador Landeros Ayala. Director General de Agencia Espacial Mexicana. 17:15 a 17:20 horas. Preguntas de la audiencia. 17:20 a 18:20 horas Mesa de Astrobiología. Alumnos(as) de CBS. UAMI 18:20 a 18:25 horas. Preguntas de la audiencia. 18:25 a 18:30 horas. Comentarios y cierre del día. Miércoles 10 de abril 16:45 hrs. Ingreso al auditorio. Tiempo para verificación de sistema de audio y video. 16:00 a 16:05 horas. Inicio del 2o. día de actividades y presentación de confer

  Presentations from Cashmere Space Club Team Finalists of the Space for Planet Earth Challenge. Talks by SpaceBase co-founders Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom and Eric Dahlstrom on pathways to a career in space. Careers in the Space Industry Date And Time: 2024-Apr-10 @ 03:00 PM to 2024-Apr-10 @ 04:00 PM Location: Christchurch, New Zealand  

On Thursday, April 11, 2024, we invite you to the premises of Jungle Wild Roastery coffee shop at Račianska 71 (formerly known as Zváračák). You can look forward to a conversation with Lt. Col. Michal Fulier, who served as a stand-in for Ivan Bellu during his memorable mission to the MIR space station . He underwent complete training for space flight , and we are confident (and excited) that he will offer us a unique insight into the backstage of the Russian space program and the legendary Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Slovak Organization for Space Activities Date And Time: 2024-Apr-11 @ 07:00 PM to 2024-Apr-11 @ 12:00 AM Location: Račianska 71, Bratislava, Slovakia

We celebrate space at the observatory!  On April 12th it's all about space travel: How does it actually work, where have people already flown, how do we use space travel every day - and where should we go in the future? At the VEGA Observatory Haus der Natur we offer workshops for children and young people on the subject of space travel, where we learn how rockets work and also try to make our own rockets. But astronomy shouldn't be neglected either: when the weather is nice, we'll use our solar telescopes to take a close look at our star! You can register via the Haus der Natur website . Simply click on April 12th in the events calendar and register for the desired workshop/lecture! Yuri’s Night 2024 – Wir feiern Weltraum. Date And Time: 2024-Apr-12 @ 02:00 AM to 2024-Apr-12 @ 09:00 PM Location: VEGA Sternwarte Haus der Natur Salzburg, Hochberg, Obertrum, Austria .

Meeting to celebrate Yuri’s epic flight to space with conference and the “Pojechali” cake, followed by the visit of his memorial at the Aeronautical Museum in Mondorf-les-Bains , Luxembourg. Meeting to celebrate Yuri’s epic flight to space . Date And Time: 2024-Apr-12 @ 06:00 AM to 2024-Apr-12 @ 06:00 PM. Location: 53 Rue de Pulvermuhl, Hamm Luxembourg .

  From 10 am to 10 pm at the Planetarium of the Naval Academy Nikola Vaptsarov, Varna, Bulgaria will be held a learn session, sea and space ceremony, space electronic sports and yuri night. The science session will feature various scientific fields, including cybersecurity, information security in space, robotics, medicine , projects by the Naval Academy’s student space society, the BAS project to build a LOFAR station and more. The Sea and Space section will be a ceremony of the Bulgarian Memory Foundation and the RSV Cyril and Methodius. The space eSports section will aim to exercise the strategic and rational thinking of students and cadets through the use of various computer games and tabletop ones. The party will be a movie night at the planetarium. Yuri’s Night 2024 at the Planetarium of the Naval Academy Nikola Vaptsarov Date And Time: 2024-Apr-12 @ 10:00 AM to 2024-Apr-12 @ 10:00 PM Registration End Date: 2024-Apr-12 Location: Planetarium of the Naval Academy Nikola Vaptsa

  Help us and the rest of the world celebrate Yuri Gargarin’s accomplishments and the impact he has had on the space industry throughout the years with our 2024 edition of Sputnik, a Russian Imperial Stout. Try a 10oz pour in our taproom for $7.50 or get here early and pick up one of the 120 LIMITED EDITION release 22oz bombers to take home for $16. There will also be a vertical tasting of our 2023 version. We only have 5 gallons so get here soon if you want to compare the two. “ Circling the Earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it! ” — Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space Tax not included in price Yuri’s Night 2024 Sputnik, Russian Imperial Stout release party. Date And Time/ 2024-Apr-12 @ 12:00 PM to 2024-Apr-12 @ 10:00 PM Location: Bugnutty Brewing Company, King Street, Cocoa, FL, USA

Event promoted by Espaço Ciência de Pernambuco , linked to the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Innovation of Pernambuco. A noite de Gagarin no Observatório Astronômico de Olinda. WHEN: 2024-Apr-12 @ 04:00 PM - 2024-Apr-12 @ 08:00 PM WHERE: R. Bpo. Coutinho - Carmo, Olinda - PE, 53120-130, Brazil.

  For this year's Yuri's Night on April 12th. We once again invite all space enthusiasts to join us to celebrate the progress of space travel together and to exchange ideas . Like last year, we will start the evening with some exciting lectures from various areas of space travel, accompanied by drinks and snacks. There will also be a tricky space quiz where you can win a prize. This year, following the lecture series, there will be an hour of live music and then we will bring Yuris Night to a close together. We look forward to seeing you! Preliminary schedule: 4:30 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. Entry 5:00-5:15 p.m. Opening 5:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Lectures and space quizzes The speakers are: Prof. Gensch – Head of Department DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems Taralicin Deka – Astrodynamics Engineer at Morpheus Space (online) Dr. Waldemar Martens – Mission Analysis lead for the LISA mission and project manager for ESA’s Advanced Mission Analysis Tools software development project (online

The Good Union Urban BBQ restaurant is hosting the National Space Society of North Texas (NSS-NT) for a Yuri’s Night World Space Party 2024 in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex, Texas, USA. * Select from complimentary NASA lithographs , NSS adAstra magazines , and more! * Learn the latest information in – and the future of – space travel ! * The award-winning NSS-NT has virtual NASA speakers during its monthly meetings. Get invited, ask the NASA experts about space missions , and consider joining NSS-NT! Featuring images of the planets, the sun, asteroids, comets, meteors and meteorites, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, and moons of the solar system. Yuri’s Night DFW 2024 2024-Apr-12 @ 05:00 PM - 2024-Apr-12 @ 09:00 PM. Good Union Urban BBQ, State Street, Richardson, TX, USA. Contact NSS-NT President Ken Ruffin at ken.ruffin@nss.org if you have any questions or comments.

Lecture evening at the Faculty of Science, Charles University. In addition to the lecture about Gagarin, there will also be a presentation about the first flight in the space shuttle program , which was completed in 1981 by the space shuttle Columbia . Přednáškový večer na Přírodovědecké fakultě UK. Kromě přednášky o Gagarinovi zazní též příspěvek o prvním letu v programu raketoplánů, který v roce 1981 absolvoval raketoplán Columbia. Pražská Noc Jurije Gagarina 2024 -  Remembering the Columbia STS-107 Mission. Date And Time: 2024-Apr-12 @ 05:00 PM to 2024-Apr-12 @ 09:00 PM Location: Benátská 2, New Town, Czechia

In commemoration of April 12, 1961, when astronaut Yuri Gagarin made the first successful space flight in history, and April 12, 1981, when the first space shuttle was launched, we will celebrate and enjoy “ Space Day ” in Kamakura again this year. This year, the fourth time, we will not have a special program, but we will enjoy the afterglow by watching the sunset on the coast of Kamakura, and then we will have a social gathering at “B taps” on the 4th floor of the Kamakura Mark Building near Kamakura Station at the entrance of Komachi-dori. Why don’t you think about the universe over dinner and a good beer? It will be canceled in case of rain or strong winds Please prepare your own cold protection and rugs* Date and Time: Friday, April 12, 2023 17:00~22:00 (LO 21:30) Only part 1 (sea) or part 2 (dinner) are OK! Please feel free to join us. We look forward to meeting you. Local Gathering Part 1 Watching the sunset at the sea in Kamakura  17:00-18:50 Kamakura Yuigahama Coast (Namerika

Space Exploration Day is perhaps the most international holiday, uniting all people on the planet! It’s a day when humanity discovered a new direction to move towards — upwards. On this day, we remember the person who first stepped into the unknown — Yuri Gagarin. We look up at the night sky to see his path and all those who followed him. And we’re glade to become a bystander of these achievements. We invite you to celebrate Space Exploration Day by joining the global party of Yuri’s Night. This evening, people will remember Yuri and celebrate this holiday all around the globe. In Montenegro, Yuri’s Night will be taking place in the suburb of Bar – Šušanj. There will be a telescope, helmet of a spacesuit, a barbecue, cevapi, conversations about space with interesting people, lectures and a friendly company at the party. At 18:00, a lecture “Arrakis, the one we deserved” about the mysteries and beauty of planet Mars will be given by Vitaly Egorov. He is blogger Zelenyikot, a popula

April 1961 flog der Kosmonaut Juri Gagarinals erster Mensch in den Weltraum. Dieses Ereignis wird auf der ganzen Welt alljährlich gefeiert. In Österreich lädt der Verein Artemis am 12. April zur Yuri's Night im Technischen Museum Wien (TMW), die 2024 unter dem Motto " Österreich kann Weltraum! " steht. Eintritt frei. Veranstaltung in deutscher Sprache. Österreich kann Weltraum! Programm: 18:00 Begrüßung durch Veranstalter: Verein Artemis 18:10 Begrüßung durch Mag. Peter Aufreiter, Generaldirektor des Technischen Museums Wien 18:30 Podiumsgespräch mit Christiane Helling, Direktorin des IWF Graz & Professorin an der TU Graz: „Österreich bei internationaler Weltraum-Forschung vorne mit dabei“ 19:15 Podiumsdiskussion: „Österreich hebt ab: Raumfahrt-Startups und internationale Projekte im Fokus“ 20:00 Uhr: Pause 20:30 Uhr: Ende der Veranstaltung im Festsaal, Möglichkeit zur Besichtigung der Weltraum-Ausstellung im Innovation Corner des Technischen Museums Wien Außerdem: K

  Why don’t you join the space party “Yuri’s Night” in Osaka? JAXA announced that SLIM, Japan’s first unmanned spacecraft to successfully land on the moon, has resumed communications after a grueling night on the moon’s surface where temperatures can reach as low as -170 degrees Celsius. With the dawn of lunar exploration, let us celebrate “World Spaceflight Day” with our thoughts in space! We look forward to seeing you there! Venue: Ristorante Rosa Rocce. Delicious Italian food and wine will be served. Participants are encouraged to wear space-themed costumes. Prizes will be awarded to those who make the event a success. Yuri’s Night JAPAN 2024 2024-Apr-12 @ 06:30 PM - 2024-Apr-12 @ 09:00 PM 2-12-22 Minamisenba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Japan

This April, the Puerto Rico Space Foundation (PRSF) invites you to embark on an extraordinary journey that promises to blend celebration, education, and the spirit of exploration into one unforgettable night. Mark your calendars for Friday, April 12, 2024, starting at 7 PM, as we gather at the elegant Azahar Modern Tasca in Condado to celebrate Yuri’s Night, a global party commemorating humanity’s first venture into space. A Night of Celebration and Exploration: Yuri’s Night is more than just a party; it’s a worldwide movement that honors Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961 and the first NASA Space Shuttle flight in April 12, 1981. This event symbolizes our collective achievements in space exploration and inspires a new generation of explorers, scientists, and dreamers. At PRSF, we’re taking this opportunity to foster space awareness, support our initiatives, and, of course, have a good time. The evening will be filled with engaging talks from s