Space Exploration And STEM Take Center Stage At Yuri’s Night
It’s time for the other kind of Hollywood stargazing. Yuri’s Night International–April 12, the date Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space–has become a worldwide celebration of human space flight, cooperation, and space science education. Co-founded in 2000 by astrobiologist Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides and Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides, it’s grown some 600 science-themed events in […]
This Weekend Yuri’s Night Celebrates 55 Years of Human Spaceflight at 200 Events Worldwide
Santa Rosa, CA, April 09, 2016 –(PR.com)– This weekend, at 200+ events in more than 50 countries across the globe, Yuri’s Night celebrates the 15th anniversary of the World Space Party, 55 years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight into space on April 12, 1961 and 35 years since the first launch of the Space Shuttle on […]
Yuri’s Night Teams Up with Disney Junior’s “Miles from Tomorrowland” to Inspire Young Kids’ Interest in Human Spaceflight
Santa Rosa, CA, April 05, 2016 –(PR.com)– Yuri’s Night, the global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting public education about the benefits of human spaceflight, has teamed up with Disney Junior’s hit intergalactic animated TV series “Miles from Tomorrowland” to inspire young kids and their families’ interest in space and science as the world celebrates the 55th […]
Disney’s ‘Miles from Tomorrowland’ Team-Up with Yuri’s Night in ‘So Yuri’!
Disney’s intergalactic animated TV series “Miles from Tomorrowland” is teaming up with Yuri’s Night, the world space party, to make the celebration of the first human spaceflight even more stellar. Or as Miles might put it, “so Yuri!” Yuri’s Night, which this year marks the 55th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering April 12, 1961 […]
Yuri’s Night Commemorative #BeAnAstronaut Patches Now Available for Limited Time
Santa Rosa, CA, March 23, 2016 –(PR.com)– From December to February, 18,300 people, the largest number in history, applied to #BeAnAstronaut with NASA as part of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate class. To celebrate that amazing fact and to honor the first human in space, Yuri’s Night, a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating human spaceflight worldwide, commissioned […]
Yuri’s Night Congratulates 2015 Spirit of Yuri’s Night Award Winner Alan Stern
Boulder, CO, January 26, 2016 –(PR.com)– Dr. Alan Stern is currently the principal investigator of the New Horizons NASA mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. The Yuri’s Night team was very impressed by the work of Alan and his team and their efforts to share their mission with the world. Alan gathered a team of […]