Yury's Night, April 12

[VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI)]

Just in case you and/or your Russian students need an excuse to celebrate
this Friday night...  The website given below has lots of information about
the event.

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050



The information below is from the site: http://www.yurisnight.net/

Celebrating Yuri Gagarin and the Space Shuttle

2002 is a fabulous year for space and for the citizens of the Earth. It is
the 41st anniversary of the Russian achievement of launching the first human
into space, and the 21st anniversary of the American achievement of
launching the first reusable human spacecraft. And we first celebrated
Yuri's Night in a year that finds both nations cooperating and having people
on orbit together on International Space Station Alpha.

Yuri's Night is a celebration of unparalleled human achievement, as well as
of new and inspired human awareness. Yuri Gagarin was the first human to see
the Earth from space, and to realize its awesome and fragile beauty. Yuri
did not see lines demarcating countries or the conflicts between people. He
did not see our problems or our achievements. What he saw was a magnificent
planet, a tiny oasis in space, the home that we all share.

Cosmonauts and astronauts who have since been to space have returned with a
new awareness of how small the Earth really is, how important it is to
protect it, and how we must put aside our differences and work together to
live in peace. It is this spirit of space, of the new era of cooperation
among nations to explore, learn, and be inspired, that we are commemorating
with Yuri's Night.

People from around the world, join together and celebrate! April 12th marks
the anniversary of the dawn of new era. It is also our chance to look to
what we can create for our planet's future - through curiosity, exploration,
inspiration, and cooperation. With Yuri's Night, young people around the
world are celebrating what it means to be human.

Thanks for visiting,

Loretta Hidalgo
Co-Creator, Yuri's Night
loretta at yurisnight.net
George Whitesides
Co-Creator, Yuri's Night
george at yurisnight.net




http://www.yurisnight.net/

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