Yury Gagarin, the First Cosmonaut in the World:A part of a painting from the Kennedy Space Center
The Dreamers, Doers, and Heroes: A Collective Portrait
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On April 12, 2011, Russia and the world will mark the 50th anniversary of the historic flight of Yury Gagarin, the first cosmonaut in the world. Around the world, it is celebrated as Yuri's Night and celebrated with parties. An annual International Day of Human Space Flight was declared by the General Assembly to be celebrated on 12 April, the date of the first manned space flight in 1961.
An Attic Room Production in association with Yuri's Night and YuriGagarin50 have partnered with YouTube to share First Orbit in a special global streaming event on the 12th April.
first orbit: a free film to download & share
created to celebrate the first 50 years of human spaceflight
First Orbit - Trailer I
"On 12th April 2011 it will be 50 years to the day since Yuri Gagarin climbed into his space ship and was launched into space. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the World's very first space man.
To mark this historic flight we have teamed up with the astronauts on board the International Space Station to film a new view of what Yuri would have seen as he travelled around the planet.
Weaving these new views together with historic voice recordings from Yuri's flight and an original score by composer Philip Sheppard, we have created a spellbinding film to share with people around the World on this historic anniversary.
We have partnered with YouTube to host a special global premiere of the film on the 12th April."
Uploaded by firstorbit on Mar 9, 2011
"On 12th April 2011 it will be 50 years to the day since Yuri Gagarin climbed into his space ship and was launched into space. It took him just 108 minutes to orbit Earth and he returned as the World's very first space man.
To mark this historic flight we have teamed up with the astronauts on board the International Space Station to film a new view of what Yuri would have seen as he travelled around the planet.
Weaving these new views together with historic voice recordings from Yuri's flight and an original score by composer Philip Sheppard, we have created a spellbinding film to share with people around the World on this historic anniversary.
We have partnered with YouTube to host a special global premiere of the film on the 12th April."
Uploaded by firstorbit on Mar 9, 2011
Have a great Cosmonautics Day!
@firstorbit
#Gagarin
links:
680news.com: Canada joins global party to celebrate 50th anniversary of Gagarin space flight
"...Canada entered the space age when the Alouette-1 scientific satellite was launched on Sept. 29, 1962.
With that launch, Canada became the third nation after the Russian and American superpowers to design and build its own artificial Earth satellite."
by Peter Rakobowchuk, The Canadian Press Apr 07, 2011 15:16:43 PM
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2 comments:
Great article, brilliant movie. What an excellent way to commemorate such an historic event Congratulations to all who worked on the project.
Great article, brilliant movie. What an excellent way to commemorate such an historic event Congratulations to all who worked on the project.
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