“The sky is very dark; the Earth is bluish. Everything is seen very clearly.”
— Yuri Gagarin, 1961, commenting on his view of Earth from orbit. The first time any human being had ever seen the Earth from orbit. Exactly 50 years ago today.
すべての我々は星で作られています。
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Wait, today? I feel terrible for not knowing this implicitly. *adds to future calendars*
Is it poignant that all I’ve been listening to today is Space Oddity? Seems more foreboding than anything…
Happy Yuri’s Night to you!
Fifty years of humans in space. That’s pretty awesome :)
This video seems appropriate.
I know! Quite a coincidence that they were both on April 12th!
Also the 30th anniversary of the launch of STS-1 (Columbia).