Cosmonautics Day

Cosmonautics Day
День космонавтики
*Den kosmonavtiki*
Cosmonautics Day; День космонавтики; Den kosmonavtiki
	1965 Soviet postage stamp commemorating Cosmonautics Day
Observed by	Russia, former USSR
Type	Historical
Significance	A celebration to commemorate the first man in space
Date	12 April
Next time	12 April 2025
Frequency	Annual
Related to	Yuri's Night

Cosmonautics Day (Russian: День Космона́втики, romanized: Den' Kosmonávtiki) is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other post-Soviet states on 12 April.^[1]^[2] In 2011, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly, 12 April was declared as the International Day of Human Space Flight in dedication of the first crewed space flight made on 12 April 1961 by the 27-year-old Soviet Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.^[3] Gagarin orbited the Earth for 1 hour and 48 minutes aboard the Vostok 1 spacecraft.^[4]

^ Государственная Дума. Федеральный закон №32-ФЗ от 13 марта 1995 г. «О днях воинской славы и памятных датах России», в ред. Федерального закона №59-ФЗ от 10 апреля 2009 г «О внесении изменения в статью 1.1 федерального закона "О днях воинской славы и памятных датах России"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №52, 15 марта 1995 г. (State Duma. Federal Law #32-FZ of 13 March 1995 On the Days of Military Glory and the Commemorative Dates in Russia, as amended by the Federal Law #59-FZ of 10 April 2009 On Amending Article 1.1 of the Federal Law "On the Days of Military Glory and the Commemorative Dates in Russia". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
^ Russia marks Cosmonautics Day. Russian Radio, 12 April 2014
^ "UN Resolution A/RES/65/271, The International Day of Human Space Flight (12 April)". 7 April 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^ "Aviation and Space World Records". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2009.