Yuri's Night is a celebration of space exploration -- and mankind's curiosity, scientific ingenuity, technical achievements, and spirit of collaboration that have made it all possible. Each year, in over 120 places world-wide, Yuri's Night commemorates mankind's first venture into space, by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, and the launch of the first Space Shuttle by NASA exactly twenty years later. This year, NASA's 50th anniversary, the Bay Area will be home to the largest Yuri's Night celebration ever, with 8,000 people joining astronauts, artists, scientists, engineers, and musicians to pay tribute to our global space heritage and to celebrate how much more is out there to be discovered!
 
Yuri's Night will be held 2PM to 2AM Saturday, April 12, 2008 at NASA AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA.
 
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