Roskosmos has announced 2016 as the “Year of Yuri Gagarin” – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 25 – RIA Novosti The state corporation “Roscosmos” to mark the 55th anniversary of the first launch of a person into orbit announced 2016 “Yuri Gagarin Year”, the press service of the corporation

“Roskosmos will announce the anniversary events, as well as the shares of the partners of the program” Gagarin.Poehali “on the site and the pages of the official state-owned corporation in social networks is symbolic that the first launch of the first civilian spaceport Russia -. cosmodrome!” Oriental “- held in this jubilee “Gagarin” year “, – stated in the

the launch of the first man into orbit on April 12, 1961, Baikonur launch site of the Kazakh SSR.. On the spaceship “Vostok” 27-year-old Yuri Gagarin was the first in the world made his legendary flight.

“We invite anyone interested in space, who dreams of distant planets, for whom the space activities of Russia – is a part of life ., join us Participate in our events, write about the history and present of Russian space exploration, about the characters by which Yuri Gagarin’s feat became a reality, shoot and record your video and audio clips to send materials to the address Gagarin55@roscosmos.ru “,. – said the press service.

The best works will be published on the website or in social networks.