Mon, Dec 21, 2009
2010 Marks Tenth Year For Global Celebration
The organizers of Yuri's Night, an annual worldwide celebration
of humanity's achievements in space, have opened registration for
events centered on April 12, 2010. Yuri's Night honors Yuri
Gagarin, the first person to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961, and
the first launch of the US Space Shuttle exactly 20 years later on
April 12, 1981. Registration is free and gives event
organizers access to publicity and online tools.
Yuri's Night was created in 2001 by young space enthusiasts to
join the world of art, music, dance, and exploration in a fun,
party atmosphere. The event was initially intended to be a single
celebration in LA, but it became a grassroots global celebration
with tens of thousands of people participating annually in over 200
events on all seven continents.
Each Yuri's Night event is locally organized and funded. A
non-profit group of global volunteers helps to encourage events,
supports sponsorships, and provides the website where information
on individual events can be posted by organizers.
Photo Credit: NASA
Individual celebrations range in size and scope, from 8000
people at the NASA Ames Research Center near San Francisco to the
few cosmonauts and astronauts on the International Space Station.
These independently-organized events have included all-night dance
parties in the iconic Encounter Restaurant at LAX, planetarium
shows at the Natural History Museum in New York, cocktail
receptions in Stockholm, symbolic toasts at the South Pole research
station, and a traditional ceremony under the cherry blossoms in
Japan.
To celebrate the 10th year of the event, the Yuri's Night global
organizers are also making plans to support a webcast to showcase
parties around the world on Saturday April 11. Clips and
"toasts" from organizers and celebrities are being collected to be
shown in addition to live footage from events.
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