Happy Yuri Day/Night

[3113]

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From here:

For more than five decades, humans have been suiting up and riding rockets to escape the bonds of Earth, but the anniversary of that historic first flight — which blasted off 51 years ago this week— takes center stage on Thursday (April 12).

To mark the groundbreaking flight of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961, space geeks worldwide will revel at themed parties, and a filmmaker will tweet the mission's audio transcript live to coincide with the actual time of the flight.

Gagarin became the first human ever to experience space travel when he blasted off aboard the Vostok 1 flight, a 108-minute jaunt that included a full orbit around Earth.

...The tradition of Yuri's Night began in 2001 to commemorate the anniversary of Gagarin's flight, as well as the anniversary of NASA's first space shuttle launch, which occurred on April 12, 1981. Last year, for the 50-year mark of the Vostok 1 flight, more than 100,000 people attended 567 Yuri's Night parties in 75 countries on all 7 continents, according to the event's organizers.

More than 200 Yuri's Night parties are planned for this year. To find one near you, visit: http://yurisnight.net/.

I say we party! Caviar and champagne anyone?

 

[mynameisben]

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I say we party! Caviar and champagne anyone?

Vodka would be more appropriate. But yeah, count me in. Space rocks!

 

[Cruel2BKind]

Space rocks!

Space Rocks.


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[3113]

Vodka would be more appropriate. But yeah, count me in. Space rocks!

Vodka too!

 

[mynameisben]

Space Rocks.


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Yuri right.

 

[rgraham666]

I'm afraid when I saw the word 'Yuri' I thought of something like this.

 

[Cruel2BKind]

I'm afraid when I saw the word 'Yuri' I thought of something like this.

Funny, that's what I thought too.

Now Yaoi... That's the stuff!

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