Human spaceflight turns 50 today

[ankh_hpl]

even in space
the echo lingers
Poyekhali!

      -- Ann K. Schwader



To learn more about Yuri Gagarin's historic Vostok 1 mission (and to find out what Poyekhali means), check here.

To read more about Yuri's Night, an international space party celebrating this achievement, check here.  Or here.