Yuri’s Night 2011 International Space Station Crew: 50th Anniversary of Human Spaceflight

Floating high above the Earth, the Expedition 27 crew aboard the International Space Station sends their special message to the world to wish them a Happy Yuri’s Night! Expedition 27 includes Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Andrey Borisenko, Catherine ’Cady’ Coleman, Alexander Samokutyaev, Paolo Nespoli and Ron Garan. Human Spaceflight became a reality 50 years ago with the launch of a bell-shaped capsule called “Vostok 1“ on April 12th, 1961. The capsule was carrying Soviet Cosmon