The international day of flight of the person in space (in other official languages of the UN: Russian. Международный день полета человека в космос, Spanish. Día Internacional de los Vuelos Espaciales Tripulados, French. Journée internationale du vol spatial habité) — according to the solution of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly (Point 50 of the agenda — the International cooperation in use of a space in the peace purposes) is proclaimed on April 12 in the International afternoon of flight of the person in space who will be annually marked out at the international level. Date is dated for the first flight of the person in space which was made by Yuri Gagarin by the Vostok-1 spaceship on April 12, 1961.  Read more..

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