Yuri's Night to be Celebrated Across Canada

The Yuri’s Night celebration on April 12 will be marked at several places across Canada. This annual “World Space Party” is growing in popularity. Yuri’s Night is a celebration of humanity’s achievements in space, with hundreds of parties and events held around the world each April.


Yuri’s Night parties are planned for Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Kitchener-Waterloo and Toronto.
Yuri’s Night was started in 2001 as a result of a declaration at a United Nations’ Space Generation Advisory Council Conference the year before. Yuri’s Night commemorates the flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 and the first flight of the Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981.
In 2011, the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight, over 100,000 people attended 567 officially-recognized events in 75 countries on all 7 continents, while tens of thousands more watched the 12-hour live Yuri’s Night Global Webcast.
Yuri’s Night events combine space-themed partying with public education and outreach.
Edmonton: Celebrating Yuri and Chris! – Student Event and #CSATweetup
2013-04-12 7:00 pm
Telus World of Science Edmonton, 11211 142 Street North West, Edmonton
Calgary: Join us for a drink to commemorate 52 years of human space exploration at The Barley Mill (201 Barclay Parade SW) starting at 6:00pm.
Winnipeg:Yuri’s Night takes flight for the 4th time in The Planetarium of The Manitoba Museum. 2013-04-12 23:00:00 UTC Manitoba Museum Planetarium, 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg
Tickets are now available online and at the Manitoba Museum box office.
Kitchener-Waterloo: 2013-10-04 23:30:00 UTC, Rum Runner Pub
Ottawa:2013-04-12 22:00:00 UTC
Canada Aviation and Museum, Ottawa
Toronto:2013-04-12 00:00:00 UTC
Hotel Ocho, 195 Spadina Ave, Toronto

About Randy Attwood

Amateur astronomer, astrophotographer, space exploration historian. Executive Director, The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada / Publisher - SkyNews magazine.

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