50 Years Ago Today, The First Human Flew In Space...

04/12/2011

50 Years Ago Today, The First Human Flew In Space...

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin launched into space and marked the beginning of human exploration beyond this blue-green ball we all live on. In celebration of this milestone, a couple of websites are out there with info:

The latter of those is for a new - and free - full-length film combining footage from Gagarin's launch with footage taken from the International Space Station.

The 1 minute 38 second trailer is here:

While the full 1 hour 39 minute movie is available as of today also on YouTube:

Amazing to think that it was 50 years ago that the Space Era began...

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04/12/2011