Sunday, April 12, 2009

世界宇宙飛行の日(sekai uchu hiko no hi)

They say April 12 is sekai uchu hiko no hi (世界宇宙飛行の日), Day of World Space Flight. On April 12, 1961 the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space, launching to orbit aboard the Vostok 3KA-2. His flight around the Earth was 1 hour 48 minutes.
"The Earth is blue... How wonderful . It is amazing." was his comment which became very famous.
There are only a few people that can see the Earth from the outer space. I hope more and more people will be able to experience this someday near future.

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