Each year on 12 April, International Day of Human Space Flight is observed.
The day is celebrated the beginning of the space age for mankind, the contribution of space science and technology and ensuring the preservation of outer space for peaceful purposes.
The theme of International Day of Human Space Flight 2024 is ‘Encourage Scientific Curiosity’.
In its resolution of April 2011, UN General Assembly declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight.
Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin carried out first human space flight on 12 April 1961.
Sputnik I, the first man-made Earth satellite, was launched into orbit on October 4, 1957.
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the Earth.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon’s surface.
On 10 October 1967, the “Magna Carta of Space” came into force.
