Yuri Gagarin: first human in space.
He was the first human to go to space aboard the Vostok 1 this day, 50 years ago (April 12, 1961). A film crew has taken the original audio recordings of that flight and teamed up with the ISS to recreate a film of this historic day which is free to watch on YouTube (website http://www.firstorbit.org).
The above video will also be shown at huge worldwide parties all around the globe organised by the website Yuri's Night (http://yurisnight.net). There's one in Dubai tonight and I have been trying for a week to get some time off but unfortunately I can't make it :( There are live streaming events happening all around the globe, the live Posterous page here, live YouTube page (with special message from crew aboard the ISS) here, a live Facebook page here and a live Twitter page here.
There might not be a huge party down here in Abu Dhabi, but I'll have a drink in his honour. To Yuri, Russia's humanity's favourite Cosmonaut :)
