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Yuri's Night
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Holiday to commemorate space exploration
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Happy Yuri's Night! Especially now that humanity is FINALLY starting to work again on what we threw away over fifty years ago. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri's_...
Bluesky post by @davearonson.bsky.social
Date: 4/12/2026
Event: Yuri's Night (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%27s_Night)
Description: Soviet red and suit orange above, Earth green and azure below — the colors of Vostok 1 and the planet Gagarin saw from orbit. 65 years since he became the first human in space, shoutin...
Bluesky post by @ginsburglights.bsky.social
If you stay up late tonight (Apr 12), take a moment to look up. On this night in 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first person to ever fly beyond the firm grip of gravity and safely return home. Spare a moment of thought for him. I just shed a few tears thinking about his terrifying and...
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Bluesky post by @dedusmulntxt.bsky.social
In case it might get lost in the Artemis II celebrations - reminder that this is #YurisNight - a celebration of the first human spaceflight.

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Bluesky post by @picturethesouth.bsky.social
Wishing all of us a very happy Yuri's Night! I'm so glad our people came home in one piece! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri's_...
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Yuri's Night is an international celebration held every April 12 to commemorate milestones in space exploration. It is named for the first human to launch into space, Yuri Gagarin, who flew the Vostok 1 spaceship on April 12, 1961. In 2011, the fiftieth anniversary of Gagarin's flight, Yuri's Night was celebrated at over 567 events in 75...

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