On April 12th the Astronomy Club of Fortaleza (CASF) in partnership with the College on September 7, conducted the exhibition "The Earth is Blue" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first man in space. The event marked the world premiere of the documentary "First Orbit" by U.S. filmmaker Christopher Riley, which shows the vision of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space flight around the earth.The event was celebrated worldwide. In Brazil, only three events were held, this being done here in Fortaleza. Teachers and students visited the exhibition. Emphasis on models of rockets and spacecraft that have received much attention from children. Congratulations to all Gagarin around the world! 

Submitted by Paulo Régis 
Clube de Astronomia de Fortaleza Ceará - Brasil 

 

Mehbang Astronomers Society managed a Program on April 12th honoring the memory of Yuri Gagarin. The managers of the project- Niloufar Gamshadzayi and Atousa Shariati- and the executive staff were present in a field in Olympic Village in Zahedan City, Iran in order to manage “Water Rockets Launching Competition.” The contest was organized successfully with participation of 15 teams of university and high school students. 
The spectators showed a great interest in the program. The winners were awarded at the end of competition and then the audience and participants were all directed to a 10 inch Dobsonian telescope to observe the beauties of the night sky. Some educational packages were also distributed in order to make them all familiar with Yuri Gagarin, the Moon, making water rockets, etc. 

 

Celebrating Yuri Gagarin's 50th anniversary of human space flight, "From Imagination to Reality" photo exhibit of Alessandro Mascelli "La Vita Nel Cielo Di Toscana" and guests included reknowned classic movie poster artist (Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, Gigi) Silvano Campeggi

Opening dedication, host Carmelina Rotundo reads dedication to Yuri Gagarin and NASA by Vanna Bonta

See attached report in Word and pdf formats.

Thanks,

Mike Mackowski

Submitted by Rosi Arredondo 

On April 16 after 20:00 local time start our homage to Yuri Gagarin on 
the 50th anniversary of his trip into space, then opened in the main 
hall of our Jase Roan Astronomical Observatory a permanent exhibition 
space travel issues. The event official lounge was renamed "Hall 
Yuri Gagarin." Our greatest satisfaction is to be counted during the 
development of the event with the participation of representatives of 
the Russian Embassy in Chile, the Mayor of the Municipality of San 
José de Maipo, the Director of the Center for Aeronautical Research 
and Development attached to the Air Force of Chile The President of 
the Chilean Association of Astronomy and Astronautics Achay and a 
representative of the Chilean Space Agency later shared a meal of 
camaraderie and we could make astronomical observation equipment

We had a small party attended by eight 3 to 7 year olds, and their enthusiastic parents. It involved a space explorer checklist for participants to complete, including orbital simulator (run around a globe), photo op (either in a space suit or a rocket), tasting space food (freeze dried ice cream and food in tubes), and duct tape repair (where we told the kids their rock collector had broken and they had to make a new one from things from the recycling bin). There was also a small tent with a control panel (the space craft simulator) and some library books about pioneers in space travel. The navigation simulator was sidewalk chalk, and the kids either hop-scotched through the planets or flew a foam rocket.

Thanks so much for letting us join in this event. The guests, kids and parents, asked to do it again next year, too.

Here are some pictures from the Yuri's Night in Kuala Lumpur. Quite a number of people showed up in spite of the heavy tropical rain that night and we had a great time together with Malaysian astronaut Dr Faiz. Dr Faiz, wearing a Gagarin T-shirt, came to share his passion for space exploration and showed us some movie clips from his previous training in Star City in Russia. He also  answered all the questions people had about space travel, from the quality of the food up there (food talks being one of Malaysians' hot topics) to the ways of following Islamic rules among the stars. We were also visited by some Malaysian cos-players among which Jedi Warrior Allen and his light-saber and Ezli from the Enterprise got most of the attention. Soon after, DJ French Chris in his storm trooper suit got the party started with some progressive house from outer space, followed by some pure orbital trance with 2 DJs from the Epic Tribe. We all came back to earth at around 2am, the eyes full of laser beams and shooting stars. It was awesome!