RaurquizApr 12
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Sofia FlorinaApr 12

Happy International Day of Human Space Flight, 12 April, 2025. This year marks 64 years since the first human space flight 12 April, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin. May human space flight continue forever until humanity reaches the stars, our dream, humanity's biggest dream

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Tim RuppertApr 12
Happy International Day of Human Space Flight to all who celebrate! It was April 12, 1961, on which Yuri Gagarin crewed the Vostok 1 mission, completing one orbit around Earth in just over 108 minutes. On that historic morning, Yuri called out “Poyekhali!” for all humankind.
#YuriGagarin #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceflight #spaceflight #YurisNight
Show threadAssoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 12

…Man sall tak wings;
And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
To bigg his nest in the braid breast
O’ Cassiopeia
Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
Lippen on nae sin…

—William Soutar, “Apotheosis”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2016)

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #space #spacetravel #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight

Annual Volume 46 (2016)

Compiled and annotated by J. Derrick McClure Hardback, 256 pages ASLS, Glasgow, 2017 Price £14.95 ISBN 978-1-906841-29-4 Order from our bookshop The twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance saw a sudden…

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Assoc for Scottish LiteratureApr 12

Laid-back in orbit, they found their minds.
They found their minds were very clean and clear.
Clear crystals in swarms outside were their fireflies and larks.
Larks they were in lift-off, swallows in soaring…

—Edwin Morgan, “A Home in Space”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 2020)

Yuri Gagarin completed a single orbit of the Earth #OTD, 12 April, 1961. Today is the #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight

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#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #space

Centenary Selected Poems

This is the third Selected Poems by Edwin Morgan from Carcanet, but the first since 2000 and the first to cover the full range of his poetry from his first c...

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Benedetta FaciniApr 12

Happy International Day of Human Spaceflight!

April 12 is the International Day of Human Space Flight is the annual celebration of the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri Gagarin (April 12, 1961).

Yuri Gagarin's flight opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.

#space #moon #nasa #aerospace #astronaut #astronauta #cosmonaut #rocketscience #spacetravel #spaceflight #internationaldayofhumanspaceflight
#humanspaceflightday #yurigagarin

SUBHRA CHAKRABORTIApr 12, 2024

On this day, 63 years ago,
Humans achieved the impossible!

It's International Day of Human Space Flight.
Watch: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5qweaXSx1P/?igsh=MTJqZmo3Mm1wZDg4aQ==

#YuriGagarin #ROSCOSMOS #Vostok1 #InternationalDayofHumanSpaceFlight #Space #Universe #Russia #Kazakistan #ColdWar #Soviet #SovietUnion

RaurquizApr 12, 2024
#internationaldayofhumanspaceflight #astronaut @maejemison #maejemison #startreK #thenextgeneration @AstroTerry #terryvirts @AstroIronMike #mikefincke #enterprise @AstroSamantha #samanthacristoforetti #nasa #EuropeanSpaceAgency #startrek57 @trekcore
ARISS - Amateur Radio on ISSApr 12, 2024

It's the #InternationalDayofHumanSpaceFlight and ARISS is happy to celebrate as part of our 40th Anniversary of Amateur Radio in Human Spaceflight!

To find out more about today's celebration, visit https://www.un.org/en/observances/human-spaceflight-day

International Day of Human Space Flight | United Nations

12 April 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.

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RodolfoApr 12, 2024

Happy Yuri’s Night / World Space Party to all the members of my spacefaring species! Lest we forget, on this date in 1961, human Yuri Gagarin first flew into space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%27s_Night

#YurisNight #YuriGagarin #Vostok1 #VostokOne #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight #WorldSpaceParty

Yuri's Night - Wikipedia