On April 12, Russia celebrates the Day of Cosmonautics. This holiday was established by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on April 9, 1962 in honor of the world’s first manned flight into space
April 12, 1961 carrier rocket into orbit spacecraft “Vostok” with the first cosmonaut – citizen of the USSR Yuri Gagarin on board.
The world meets the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Archive footage
After making one revolution around the Earth lander spacecraft landed on the territory of the USSR. At an altitude of several kilometers from the Earth’s surface cosmonaut ejected and landed by parachute at 10 hours 55 minutes Moscow time on the land near the shore of the Volga near the village Smelovka Tarnovo district of Saratov region. The flight lasted 108 minutes. Starting the world’s first manned spacecraft headed Sergei Korolev, Anatoly Kirillov, Leonid Resurrection.
This historic event paved the way for space exploration for the benefit of all mankind. New features for this came in 2000, when the International Space Station (ISS), which is a joint international project involving 15 countries, adopted its first crew.
The flight of the station around the clock made from two centers: Russian (in the suburban town of Korolev) and American (Houston, Texas).
During the ISS has gradually turned into a huge laboratory for near-Earth space.
In the years since the first Yuri Gagarin in space visited by over 500 people from nearly 40 countries.
In 1962, an initiative to establish Cosmonautics Day in the Soviet Union Yuri Gagarin made understudy during the first manned space flight – cosmonaut German Titov. He also suggested, on behalf of the government of the USSR to the UN with the idea of organizing the World Day of Cosmonautics.
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova – a worthy daughter of the heroic people. Archive
In November 1968 at the 61st General Conference of the International Aeronautical Federation, it was decided to celebrate the April 12th World Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics. The celebration of this day has been confirmed by the Council of the International Aeronautical Federation, adopted 30 April 1969 on the proposal of the Federation of Aviation Sports of the USSR.
In the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics Day was established as a memorable date the Federal Law of 13 March 1995 “On the days of military glory and anniversaries Russia “.
In the Cosmonautics Day celebrated designers, scientists, engineers, workers, astronauts – all those who work in the space industry, who are experiencing space technology, on duty at the control in Mission Control Center in command and test system, receives, processes and stores the Space Science documentation that comes with the spacecraft and space stations.
Running the world’s first artificial Earth satellite. Shooting 1957
7 April 2011 at the initiative of Russian UN General Assembly declared April 12 as the International Day of human space flight on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first step in space exploration, committed by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Co-authors of the resolution were more than 60 UN member states.
UN General Assembly expressed its deep belief in the common interest of mankind in promoting the exploration and use of outer space, which is the province of all mankind, for peaceful purposes, in the expansion of this activity and in continuing efforts to extend to all States the possibility to use related these benefits.
In many countries around the world since 2001, held the action-event “Yuri’s Night” (Yuri’s Night, so named in honor of Yuri Gagarin), organized by the Advisory Board of the Space Generation (Space Generation Advisory Council), the official consultant United Nations Programme on Space Applications. It focuses on two events: the first manned flight into space (April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union) and the first manned flight program “Space Shuttle” (April 12, 1981, USA).
The goal of “St George’s Night” is to increase public interest in space exploration and inspiration in the new generations to explore the cosmos.
In 2011, the year of the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space, in the “Jüriöö “attended by more than 100,000 people in 75 countries.
In 2014,” Yuri’s Night “was held more than 200 events around the world.
The material is based on information RIA Novosti and open source
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